IN 2032,

THE WORLD WAS DIVIDED

INTO 3 TYPES OF COUNTRIES ACCORDING TO…

…THEIR LEVEL OF EDUCATION,

ECONOMY,

TECHNOLOGICAL ACHIEVEMENT,

CAPABILITIES,

& INNOVATIONS

––RICH

––ADVANCED

––& POOR

NAMES OF THE COUNTRIES WERE

REPLACED BY CORRESPONDING

NUMBERS––FIRST 10 WERE RICH ,

11 TO 30 ADVANCED,AND THE REST WERE POOR

- STELLA -A YOUNG, INTELLIGENT,

AND HARD WORKING GIRL,

LIVED IN COUNTRY 189 THAT WAS PROCLAIMED

AS A COUNTRY OF

LAZY, STUPID,

& ARROGANT PEOPLE

EVERYDAY LIFE WAS A STRUGGLE

TO SURVIVE,

FIGHTING HUNGER AND

EXTREME POVERTY...

FACED WITH ANGRY MASS

THAT GETS EASILY FOOLED BY CORRUPTED GOVERNMENT,

AND FREQUENTLY RESORTS

TO VIOLENCE

HER COUNTRY BANKRUPTED,

AND INFORMED THE PEOPLE

THAT THEIR NEW OWNER WAS

THE GLOBAL REN COMPANY

THAT OPENED 4 FACTORIES…

…AND ONE OF THEM WAS

IN STELLA’S HOMETOWN

MORE THAN 30,000 PEOPLE APPLIED FOR THE

1,500 AVAILABLE POSITIONS ON THE

CONVEYOR BELT…

& STELLA WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO GET THE JOB

- CHRIS NICHOLSON -(THE CEO)

WAS A HANDSOME,

RIGHTEOUS,

CONFIDENT AND HIGHLY

INTELLIGENT MAN

A COINCIDENCEHAPPENED ONE DAY,

GIVING STELLA AN OPPORTUNITY

TO WORK AS

HIS ASSISTANT

AFTER 4 MONTHS,

SHE KNEW

WHAT HE THOUGHT AT ANY GIVEN

MOMENT…

…SHE WAS

HIS SHADOW,

SOMEONE

HE COULD

LEAN ON,

HIS RIGHT HAND…

…& BEING SO MUCH ALIKE,

THEY ULTIMATELY

FELL IN LOVE

WORKING FOR CHRIS, STELLAWAS ABLE TO EXPERIENCE THE WORLD

ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BARRIER,

THE WORLD SHE WOULD

NEVER HAVE SEEN

AS THE POOR COUNTRY CITIZEN

EMOTIONALLY

AND IN BUSINESS,

THEIR LIVES ENTANGLED…

…TAKING THEM IN

A COMPLETELY UNEXPECTED

DIRECTION

THE CIVIL WAR

AND THEN

THE WORLD WARWILL STRAIN THE

LAST ATOMS

OUT OF STELLA

AND HER FAMILY

TRAGEDIES, ENORMOUS PAIN, A N D H U M I L I AT I O N

WILL FOREVER CHANGE HER WARM, GENTLE HEART…

LEAVINGDEEP SCARS

LUCKILY, ON THAT PATH OF TEARS,

THERE ARE ALWAYS

PEOPLE WHO OFFER

A HELPING HAND, SURPRISINGLY BECOMING

YOUR FRIENDS…

SOMEONE

TO LEAN ON WHEN YOU

THINK OF GIVING UP,

A HAND THAT

STOPS YOU FROM

FALLING INTO

THE ABYSS

PLACED IN

A DYSTOPIAN HELL,

WITH CONSTANT SUSPENSE,

EASED BY TENDER LOVE, AND EMBITTERED

BY TERRIBLE LOSSES…

THIS BOOK

WILL TAKE YOU ON A JOURNEY OF

HUMAN BARRIERS

Out on Kindle!Paperback edition:

Coming out September 2012

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