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When you get up in the morning, what is the first thing you think of?
I usually think about work. I hate admitting that, but welcome to the 21st century.
Other mornings I wake up remembering something funny my daughter had told me. Or something my brother told me. Or my sister. Or George.
This morning I woke up thinking of Inception.
No, not the way the creature from alien reproduces. The movie. Inception.
It is interesting to note that one of Christopher Nolan’s favorite past times in his movies (Inception being one) is to remind us of the importance of family. In a good number of his films (is that even the right term to use?) he emphasizes love, family, violence, and doing everything necessary to protect, defend and maintain the family. Of course, he does that by putting otherwise normal people in situations where they are tested in ways they had never considered (don’t bring up Memento. Great film. Seriously. Incredible. Also the total opposite of the themes of Nolan’s other films or at least the ones I’m discussing here).
In my latest book (no, not out yet, but let’s talk), I have a mother of a 10 year old son faced with a problem that boils down to: how far would you go to save your son?
The near-future world of Lorelei Meisener and her son, Adam, have been poking at me for at least 5 years. Earlier this year I wrote the back story of their world which begins in Kimpton, KS with the introduction of a synthetic disease. No, there are no zombies or transformed human beings. Just pain, anguish and death. I also haven’t released the backstory. It is a novella that will be a giveaway (eventually).
Lorelei’s story takes place 7 years after the back story ends where nothing will ever be normal again. Older folks are dying. Children are dying. The government, as a matter of course, takes children away in an attempt to control the spread of the disease.
Adam is found to be positive for the disease. Lorelei works for the company working on the cure. She discovers the company is withholding the cure.
What would you do for your family? If you have children, how far would you go for them?
What will you feel? Tell me in the comments below.
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