About this book
Set in the year 2052, the novel depicts a future, authoritarian England divided into two distinct societies: the modern, overpopulated "Conurbs" and the aristocratic, rarefied "County"; the former consists of crowded city districts and all-pervasive technology while the latter is made up of manors and rolling countrysides typical of 19th-century England. The novel follows a young Conurban named Rob as he comes to experience life in both worlds, uncovering truths and choosing sides in the process.
Subjects
Children's fictionOrphans, fictionBoarding schools, fictionRunaways, fictionScience fictionEngland, fictionChildren's storiesOrphansFictionRunawaysTeenage boysBoarding schoolsDystopiasJuvenile fictionChild and youth fictionParent and child, fiction