Into the Dying Forest

<p><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>'I didn't stuff up the world. Other people did. Gutless politicians. Greedy corporations. Billionaires. People who didn't care enough. They needed to find a scapegoat so they blamed old people.'</em></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>In a near-future Australia ravaged by environmental disaster water and resources are scarce and society is heavily controlled. Struggling to survive 16-year-old twins Raz and Lu decide to escape one of Melbourne's brutal shipping-container camps.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Grabbing a ride from the outspoken fossil Gail who's on the run from enforced euthanasia-they head towards West Gippsland and the Dying Forest. But danger lurks</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>everywhere government spy drones patrol the skies and Raz does not trust Gail.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>As they hurtle toward their unknown destination Raz's suspicion about Gail intensifies. Where is she going and why won't she tell him and Lu? 'It's a secret and that's the way it's going to stay' Gail says. </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>After she disappears into the forest with Lola a member of a motor bike gang the twins are left stranded. Who can they trust in this new environment or is trust a luxury? The twins' courage and ingenuity will be tested as they make unlikely alliances to combat a fearsome enemy but will their relationship survive as their paths begin to diverge?</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>A gripping dystopian thriller <em>Into the Dying Forest</em> by J.K. Bruce is a testament to the resilience of family bonds and the power of hope in a world on the brink inviting readers to look beyond stereotypes and see the humanity in all of us.</strong></p><p></p>