Outlivers

The outlivers own everything – and everyoneMedical advances have brought extended long life – but only for the privileged, elderly elite. The outlivers, hundreds of years old, hoard their wealth and cling to power, refusing to die. The old live in luxury, the young are slaves and London festers, a stagnant city ringed with fences and choked by surveillance.When martial arts prodigy Theia McKai is selected as a 'companion' for 200-year-old Rupert Geryon, minister for security, her every instinct is to run, resist, refuse. Hypnotised, tortured and beaten, she faces a stark choice: submit to the desires of a monstrous old man – or fight back and endanger everyone she loves.Seventeen, defiant, deadly – an irresistible force in a stagnant world where the old have enslaved the youngWill Theia risk all for revenge, or to expose the truth about her world? Will she welcome back the boy she loved, despite his betrayal? Can she punch her way to freedom? Or learn to stop fighting, and embrace mercy?Before she can save her friends or free her people or change her world, first Theia must face her greatest battle: she must change herself.Set in a dystopian near-future, 'Outlivers' is an adventure thriller for adults and young-adults alike. Simon Townley is the author of the acclaimed slipstream / speculative novels 'Lost In Thought' and 'Ball Machine', and has written a range of cross-genre novels for both adults and young adults, including prehistoric fiction series 'A Tribal Song – Tales of the Koriba'. The first novel in the series, 'The Dry Lands,' was published in 2012, with the second, 'Caves of the Seers,' scheduled for release in early in 2014. His sci-fi thriller 'Outlivers,' again written for both adults and young adults alike, is to be released in Autumn of 2013. This will be followed by the post-global warming, high-seas adventure 'Among The Wreckage.'Simon has also written non-fiction, in particular on the subjects of copywriting and search engine optimisation. He studied English literature at the University of York in the UK and has worked as a journalist and copywriter for the past twenty years. He currently lives in Devon, England, with a woman, three cats and two Airedale terriers.Extended samples of Simon's books (usually the first five chapters) are available on his website at simontownley.com.