Two Close: a story of survival
Book II in the Jolt Survival Series
The sequel to Jolt: a rural noir, Two Close: a story of survival follows the paths of the Matters family, Mary, Lou, and their sons, Jason and Marty. Separated in Jolt by circumstances following terrorism and a nuclear meltdown, Mary, at home, recuperates from radiation sickness while, Lou, brain injured in a dirty bomb explosion, recovers from amnesia and right-side brain injury. Their sons, Jason and Marty, wishing to miss the effects of radiation fallout, have fled the scene and unable to make contact with their parents, survive alone in the woods and then in a sponsored shelter over the next year or so. Two Close is the story of the family's survival and how through happenstance and determination, despite their separate and somewhat forced paths, they survive.
Origins of Two Close
Two Close: a story of survival by Roberta M Roy, follows the first book in Roy's survival trilogy, Jolt: a rural noir. Jolt: a rural noir medaled in the 2011 Jenkins Living Now Awards in Inspirational Fiction. This year both books were revised to synchronize their dates with the third book in the trilogy, Home Again 2020, anticipated for release later this year.
Book I — Jolt: a rural noir
It is said that after a nuclear meltdown, if one can walk away, one will live. Jolt a rural noir tells the story of residents thirty or more miles from a meltdown who survive. Escaping the threat of radiation fallout causes many to flee. Estranged lovers Natalie and Thaw are among those in the mountain village who accommodate to the needs of the forced emigrants. Winter is coming. Radiation sickness, decontamination, and lack of food, housing, and proper sanitation threaten Newees and Townies alike. Epic in expanse, Jolt, a rural noir, revised, describes a community determined to survive. Extremely well-researched, informative, and poignant.
Book III Home Again 2020
Home Again 2020, the sequel to Too Close, is the story of Jason, Marty, and their mother, Mary Matters, reunited in their home in Ariana. Right hemisphere brain injury has caused Lou Matters, the father, to suffer left side neglect and vision loss. The story of their individual struggles and efforts to heal are further complicated by the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic in which the search for new answers eludes a government that is itself overwhelmed. Home Again 2020 is the story of the search to heal in an increasingly complex world.
