Measure of Days

 

In Measure of Days The world is in the grips of a plague known as FED, or Flesh Eating Disease.

However, Deter Edison knows little or nothing about this. She has a privileged life and is a normal, ordinary young girl who leads a fairly ordinary life under the care of a guardian, Amery.

However, all this is brought to an abrupt end when Deter is subjected to a vicious and brutal abduction.

She finds herself suddenly living in a dystopian nightmare where she realises that she might have been betrayed by her guardian.

Her captors are scientists who believe that Deter has an exceedingly rare gene that they want to harvest. And they make it clear that nothing will stop them from taking it.

Deter discovers that she is caught up in a battle between her captors and government agencies. 

She is aware that she must escape to London and seek security and safety there. But how can she achieve this? And if she can achieve it, who can she trust? How can she remain at liberty and hidden from those who want to control her body and the gene it carries?

It's a novel with a great deal of soul and a little bit of science fiction. I can recommend it.

It's published by The Book Guild at £8.99.