Description:
In this fractured world, a sinister force is coming for Riley, and the only things keeping her safe are a perimeter fence and the people she loves. As her life is threatened, she must make impossible choices. But help comes from the most unlikely of places, and all Riley needs to know is: who can she really trust?
Meanwhile, a repentant killer searches for peace and salvation, but what he gets is the exact opposite. Now he’ll have to make the hardest decision of his life.
The Perimeter is a darkly captivating dystopian tale of adventure, danger, love and redemption that will have you on the edge of your seat and up at night turning the pages to find out what happens next . . .
Q&A1: Who is your ideal reader?
Someone who likes the ‘what if …’ scenario: What if you were living your life and it took an unexpected twist?
My books are aimed at young adults, but I write the kinds of books that I would like to read myself – post-apocalyptic adventure and urban fantasy with a twist of horror and a dusting of romance. My current readers are aged anywhere from thirteen to seventy.
Q&A2: How do you develop your characters?
My characters grow as I write them. I always think of their upbringing and their circumstances and what bearing this will have on their actions. I try to put myself in their position - How would they really react in a particular situation?
I often back my characters into impossible situations or give them difficult dilemmas to deal with, that even I don’t know how to deal with. I hope this makes the story more unpredictable and the drama more realistic.
The naming process is very important to me. If a character has a good name, they can come alive. Sometimes, a minor character with a great name will try to take over and carve out a bigger role. I usually let them!
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EXCERPT:
The two
men were youngish with beards, wearing layers of filthy clothing. One of them
had a face-full of piercings – lip rings, eyebrow studs and a hoop through his
nose. They were both skinny and hollow-cheeked with deep-set eyes. As they drew
closer, I saw pure hostility in their faces and it took all my strength of will
not to throw the truck into reverse and gun it all the way home.
‘What’s
your business here?’ the man with the nose hoop called out.
I lowered
the window a fraction. ‘I’m a friend of Lou’s.’
‘Lou?’
They took a few steps closer, their weapons still lowered.
‘Yeah.
Fair-haired girl with two younger brothers. Lives up close to the compound
wall.’
‘I know
who Lou is,’ nose-hoop replied. ‘What d’you want with her?’
‘She
helped me out yesterday. I’ve come to say thanks.’
‘Get out
of the truck and I’ll fetch her over.’
‘I’d
rather stay inside till she gets here if that’s okay.’
They
stopped a few yards away and talked to each other in low tones so I couldn’t
hear. By now, several other gypsies had come close to the wire fence to see
what was going on. I’d started to cause a bit of a stir – exactly what I hadn’t
wanted to do.
‘Out of
the truck,’ nose-hoop repeated, aiming his rifle at the windscreen. ‘Slowly. Hands
in the air.’
I hadn’t
come here for a gunfight, so it didn’t look as though I had much choice. I
would have to do as he asked.
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About the author:
Shalini lives in Dorset, England with her husband and two noisy boys. Before children, she was signed to Universal Music as a singer songwriter. Now, writing novels has hijacked her life and she is usually to be found with a laptop welded to her fingers and the house in a permanent state of neglect.
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