Children Of Zone

In 1986 there was a nuclear disaster at Chernobyl, in whatwas then the Soviet Union. The area, over two thousandsquare kilometres, was evacuated and sealed, closed offfrom the world by a massive wall. But 149 schoolkids areleft behind, forgotten. Over time, they learn how to survive,and slowly they build a society for themselves despitethe dangers - radiation, wolves, and winter - of the Zone.Twenty years after the Evacuation, a helicopter from theother side of the Wall appears, with a mysterious woman atthe controls. That encounter sparks a chain of events whichtakes one of the Children, the hunter Isaak, back to the past,to the day of the Evacuation - and towards a confrontationwhich threatens the future of the Zone itself.Derek Parker is a freelance writer based in Melbourne. Hisnon-fiction writing appears in a wide range of publications.He has two children and two cats. Children of Zone is hissecond novel, after This Tattooed Land.