Suspense in a Future World

Edward Bloor's new book Taken takes you to the year 2035, a time when the crime rate, especially for kidnapping, is so high that those who can afford it live in gated communities and have security guards accompany their children to school. Unfortunately the security around Charity Meyers has collapsed. On New Year's morning she awakes to find herself alone, strapped to a stretcher, and in an ambulance that is not moving. Fortunately she has been trained at school in how to behave during a kidnapping - Remain calm, don't panic. Don't try to escape and wait for your parents to pay the ransom. If this were a normal kidnapping that would probably work, but nothing about this kidnapping is normal. As the hours pass by without any contact with her parents, Charity begins to realize that she will need to do something!
Be careful when you read this book. The ending is almost a Twilight Zone-type ending - it's not what you or Charity expects. Taken is currently available in the New Book section along the nonfiction wall.