Eldorado By Jay Allan Storey

Eldorado
By Jay Allan Storey
Publisher: Divergent Mind Publishing
ISBN: 978-0991791217
ASIN: B00C8WM2G8
Published: January 2014
Genre: YA Science Fiction,

In an energy-starved future, Richard Hampton’s world is blown apart when his younger brother Danny disappears and the police are too busy trying to keep a lid on a hungry, overcrowded city to join in the search.

Desperate to find Danny and his dog, Zonk, Richard and his curmudgeonly uncle, Jim Keller, who once ‘rode the rails’, jump the Food Train for the disintegrating wasteland that was once suburbia. Keller is shot while trying to jump from the train, leaving Richard alone and helpless in the wilderness. Richard presses on, retracing Danny’s steps by deciphering entries in the boy’s enigmatic journal.

Captured by a community of outcasts, Richard is branded a criminal and condemned to death. He’s rescued by streetwise Carrie, who joins in his search. As they trek across the remnants of civilization, facing criminal gangs, renegade militias, and the hardships of the road, their friendship evolves into something more.

They discover that Danny has ties to a psychopathic gangster named Crack, who they pursue to a deserted complex in the remotest corner of the sprawling suburbs. There they learn that Danny has stumbled on an incredible secret that will alter their lives and their world forever. To rescue Danny, Richard must battle Crack, who is desperate to get his hands on what Danny has found.

My Review:

This is a dystopian novel that is based on a real issue that we face today on a much smaller scale. We need oil and fuel prices to go down, and I hear people complain about it almost every day. I truly hope that it does not get as bad as this author wrote it will. It was interesting that there are different modes of transportation and it seems that the characters go backwards with technology. There are more bikes than cars, and farming is completely different then I think of it today. I have a greenhouse, and I still think that I would not be self sufficient. This was an eye opener and I think that the politicians making decisions about fuel, etc., should read this book. This is definitely an interesting story. I am giving this book a 4/5. I was given a copy to review through Book Review Buzz and the author, however all opinions are my own.