The land is dying. As resources dwindle, the population is placed at the mercy of a secretive government, which operates on its own agenda. Critical top-level scientists researching the ecological disaster have gone missing, their disappearance a cold case file that haunts the local constabulary. Desperate for answers, the police captain hatches a plan to recover a critical key to the land’s survival.
What they need is an experienced thief, and they know just the girl. Avalon is not just any burglar; she is an uncommonly good one. Caught in the act of stealing, she is recruited against her wishes to pull off the boldest heist ever: to raid the high security government facilities.
Can one young girl pull off the theft of a lifetime? Failure is not an option, for it will mean starvation for all.
Weaver of intrigue, builder of worlds,wordsmith and artist, EA Darl is an author of many talents, and with a keen interest in fantasy, science fiction, and the power of a story to transport a reader.
Raised as a dedicated bookworm and firmly committed to the restorative power of a good cup of coffee, EA Darl firmly believes that the best antidote to reality is a story that poses the question, “What if?”
The Silent Lands series steps into a eco-dystopian world where climate change threatens to end human existence, and tells the tales of determined survivors who are faced dealing with impossible odds.
Most dystopian books - at least the ones I've read - focus on the world falling apart from war or some external input that tears the fabric of the world apart and spits on it. Darl's precipitating event was ecological, a slow slide into chaos as the food begins to run short. The world ended not with a bang, but with a whimper, leaving everyone with too little to eat and an uncertain future.