Isolation

by Denise R. Stephenson

Overview

Isolation confronts readers with the demise of America told through multiple characters, much like Stephen King�s The Stand. Bacterial outbreaks kill growing numbers across the US, leading the government to ban face touching. Enforcers like Trevor monitor the Touch Bans, making sure no touching occurs in public places. Maggie must gauze her infant son�s hands and spray them with a noxious antibacterial to keep him from touching his face. As the price of human connection becomes deadly, the fear of spreading contagion compels the government to quarantine families inside their homes. Gary, a government Sterilizer, lives a quiet life of scanning and scouring the victims of bacterial attacks until an accidental touch occurs, and he longs to escape his hermetically clean prison. Individual isolation grows beyond human endurance until someone reaches out in hope once again.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940149418664
Publisher:	Publish Green
Publication date:	04/01/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	394
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Denise R. Stephenson resides in Oceanside, CA, but she has lived in all the remote locales of her first novel, Isolation. Staying inside of boxes, forms, and genres has never been her strength. She's published over 20 academic articles and book chapters, many of which stray from traditional conventions. As a member of Attention Deficit Drama, she has written and produced monologs and short plays. She hopes to one day see on stage, Hibakusha, her most recent play about nuclear disasters. Stephenson is a book artist as well as a writer and has shown her letterpress book What She Said in several national shows.