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2000s: A global antibiotic crisis has decimated the planet….
The Waiting Rooms
What you need to know before your trail
Decades of spiralling drug resistance have unleashed a global antibiotic crisis. Ordinary infections are untreatable, and a scratch from a pet can kill. A sacrifice is required to keep the majority safe: no one over seventy is allowed new antibiotics. The elderly are sent to hospitals nicknamed ‘The Waiting Rooms’ … hospitals where no one ever gets well.
Twenty years after the crisis takes hold, Kate begins a search for her birth mother, armed only with her name and her age. As Kate unearths disturbing facts about her mother’s past, she puts her family in danger and risks losing everything. Because Kate is not the only secret that her mother is hiding. Someone else is looking for her, too.
Locations
Reset- England - London
- A: Downing Street
- B: Buckingham Palace
- South Africa
- C: Kruger National Park
Travel Guide
Speculative thriller set in London and South Africa
The author says:
“The majority of pre-Crisis chapters are set in a South African national park, which is where Mary and Piet meet. The park is fictional, but based on one of the world’s greatest wildlife destinations: Kruger National Park. I have been fortunate enough to visit this park several times with my family, and it holds a very special place in all of our hearts. Many scenes in The Waiting Rooms were inspired by our own viewing experiences, as well as stories from local visitors and the hugely experienced staff that work there.
Kruger National Park is the size of Wales: 20,000 km, and has an infrastructure of roads and camps that enables tourists to embark on their own ‘self-drive’ safari adventures through the lowveld’s epic beauty and spectacular wildlife. The park preserves the natural habitats of a diverse array of plants, animals, and birds, many of which are endangered. Those species at risk include between 4500 and 5000 white rhino and 500 black rhino: about a fifth of the world’s rhino population. “
BookTrail Boarding Pass: The Waiting Rooms
Destination/location: London, South Africa Author/guide: Eve Smith Departure Time: 2000s
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