Barriers by Patrick SkeltonMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
By the year 2079 Earth is suffering from destructive solar fares and so a class system has arisen on the planet with the healthy elite getting the protection of barrier domes of protection and the sick and the poor are outside of those areas in Sanctuaries within badlands. Nathan Gallagher is a journalist with a disabled son who is in a Sanctuary and that means that Nathan and his wife Sarah's fight to save their son and find a cure classifies them as noncompliant citizens and that starts a string of events as Nathan becomes involved in a mission of a global magnitude as the next global flare is only a few days away and the fate of not just his son but the rest of the world's citizens rests on his shoulders - can he hold his nerve and find the right solution in order to save everyone?
The start of this book was quite confusing as it moved between the present and the past. However, if you can get past that it is a really clever story with some good ideas on what was quite a feasible idea for a story set in the future. I like the parallels between society today in the ways there was the haves, the have nots and the sick. I liked the concept of how they reduced the numbers of sick which neatly dovetails into some of the popular fears around voluntary euthanasia today. I liked the final solution to all of the problems and loved the method used for the final end to a few of the characters. Nicely written it is definitely worth a shot if you feel you can cope with the time shifts at the start.
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