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|author=Joe Kipling
|reviewer=Jill Murphy
|genre=DystopianFiction
|summary=Enjoyable near future dystopian story set after a virus has devastated Britain. MaryAnn must choose between the Neighbourhood and the Light and the Union and life beyond the Boundary.
|rating=3.5
}}
Some time in a near-future Britain, things look very different. The Sandman virus wiped out most of the population. The fortunate few live in one of three Neighbourhoods, each protected by the Boundary. Beyond the Boundary is Outside - a wasteland populated with infected feral Echoes. Luckily for MaryAnn, she lives in the Neighbourhood that was once known as Manchester. And she's a rich and privileged Alpha. Although her parents aren't celebrities - which MaryAnn would like, because then she'd be invited to cooler parties - they are influential in the Light, the Neighbourhood's leadership. So MaryAnn has designer clothes, servants, and nothing more to worry about than bagging a date with peer group kudos.
But things are about to change for MaryAnn. Her parents are killed when a bomb is detonated at the Building of Light. She is taken in by the Director, leader of the Neighbourhood. And she's contacted by Daryl, her long lost brother, who has a lot to tell her about the Light. Can MaryAnn face up to the truth? And can she keep safe?
