LATITUDE 38
by Ron Hutchison takes
place in the future when America has been split into two countries, Pais
Nuevo and United Secular States of America, which are divided by the
38th latitude.
Pais Nuevo is corrupt and has eliminated essential American freedoms.
Anyone caught trying to cross the border into the USSofA are subject to
being shot on sight.
The
story follows a group of eight people attempting to cross the border.
They are being led by Arnold Cutbirth, who is on his last smuggling trip
across the border. Each person is from different background and has a
different reason for wanting to cross. They must learn to work together
to get across latitude 38.
I
found this to be a very intriguing story, though there were some fairly
graphic scenes I wish weren't included. Also I think the author could
had gone into more detail about how the two countries had come to be
formed. In some ways it reminded me of The Hunger Games. Unfortunately the ending is not a happy one.
Excerpt from the book:
What had once been the envy of the world was now
two separate republics—neurotic, broken, and put-upon—and the border
somehow seemed to symbolize their sense of loss.
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