Mary Wark

Days of Future Found Mary Wark

Ella should be grateful for everything she has in the year 2039.

She lives in a climate-protected colony that shelters her from a bruised world, and her superior bio genome shows she is aging at half speed. Nevertheless, all around her, evidence points to the unsettling fact that older citizens like her are disappearing.

When the Longevity Institute approaches Ella to contribute to their research, she knows it is a risk. A trusted friend warns her she could be the next to vanish, sold as pirated test tubes of longevity boosters to the highest bidder. In spite of this, she is restless to break out of her narrow life.

While she travels down the reconstructed east coast to the Institute's advanced study, she must make her own decision as to what is true. Does she need to escape the Institute's tracking and take her chances in distressed surroundings? Is there a secret society that helps elders cut the thread of life?

Days of Future Found is based on a speculative future where the subtleties of a new high tech society combine to embody hope for a unique array of characters. There is sixty-something Ella, who possesses a superior aging bio genome, who must decide if she has the courage to break away from a narrow life. Riley is the aging millennial who still wants a cause to fight against and comes to believe life will work out for her after all. Alvi would be a four year-old now, growing up braced for dealing with political truth and climate angst. Finally, there is Harold, the end of the road boomer who just wants to make a classy exit.

Days of Future Found is about finding courage when the waves of change never stop.

Looking for a vision of the future that is not a dystopian nightmare? This debut novel poses some timely answers as to what comes next.

M. K. Wark lives in Frederick, Maryland where she teaches and writes about the realities of aging in America. She has started SilverReads, an imprint for future forward fiction. Visit her blog for reviewing and recommending books for older adults at https: //silverreads.com.