Liberty Bound - Nathaniel M Wrey

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Résumé :
Take a journey to the distant future and the end of civilisation with award winning novel Society has turned on its head. The 'free' hide behind fortifications and the 'imprisoned' roam the wild, barren land beyond. Finbarl-apcula guards the town of Athenia, an oasis in a parched, sparsely populated world. He keeps the citizens safe, ensures those who break the draconian laws lose their freedom, and protects what he prizes above all else: civilisation. When Finbarl is made to lie to help convict a mother he once rescued from a bully, it delivers the first crack in his unquestionable faith in the system. As further lies and corruption are exposed, Finbarl's world crumbles, allowing him to finally see that 'prison walls' exist everywhere, within himself, throughout society and in the very landscape he calls home. No one is free and the civilisation he was willing to die for is at the root of the problem. Finbarl begins a thrilling adventure, with twists, rebellion, danger, discovery and tragedy, to break the bonds imprisoning a world, himself and the future. Will he find what he really treasures most: true freedom?...

Biographie:
Nathaniel M Wrey is an author specialising in fast-paced adventures, exploring the nuances of human interaction and the fragility of societies. His debut novel, Liberty Bound, an allegorical dystopian-set adventure, achieved critical acclaim, winning a Readers' Favorite International Book Award, a finalist placing in the 2020 Wishing Shelf Book Awards and he was a longlisted author in the Millennium Book Awards 2021. While its sequel, Where Liberty Lies (published in 2023), is a multi-award winning follow-up receiving an International Firebird Book Award, a Literary Titan Gold Badge Award, a Global Book Award, a BookFest Award, a Distinguished Favourite Award in the New York Big Book Awards and an honourable mention in the New York Book Festival Awards. He has also written a wartime novella, Triumphant Where it Dares Defy, drawing upon a line and sentiment from Lord Byron's poem, Prometheus. In 2022, he published a children's book, Mooge: The Prehistoric Genius, under the name Nate Wrey.Nathaniel studied history at Reading University and works as a Civil Servant in central government in the United Kingdom.

Sommaire:
Take a journey to the distant future and the end of civilisation with award winning novel Society has turned on its head. The 'free' hide behind fortifications and the 'imprisoned' roam the wild, barren land beyond. Finbarl-apcula guards the town of Athenia, an oasis in a parched, sparsely populated world. He keeps the citizens safe, ensures those who break the draconian laws lose their freedom, and protects what he prizes above all else: civilisation. When Finbarl is made to lie to help convict a mother he once rescued from a bully, it delivers the first crack in his unquestionable faith in the system. As further lies and corruption are exposed, Finbarl's world crumbles, allowing him to finally see that 'prison walls' exist everywhere, within himself, throughout society and in the very landscape he calls home. No one is free and the civilisation he was willing to die for is at the root of the problem. Finbarl begins a thrilling adventure, with twists, rebellion, danger, discovery and tragedy, to break the bonds imprisoning a world, himself and the future. Will he find what he really treasures most: true freedom?...