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Iain Reid
Iain Reid is a Canadian author.
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Severe climate change has ravaged the country, leaving behind a charred wasteland. Junior and Henrietta live a comfortable if solitary life on one of the last remaining farms. Their private existence is disturbed the day a stranger comes to the door with alarming news. Junior has been randomly selected to travel far away from the farm, but the most unusual part is that arrangements have already been made so that when he leaves, Henrietta won’t have a chance to miss him. She won’t be left alone—not even for a moment. Henrietta will have company. Familiar company.
One of the two main characters, Junior lives a solitary life on a farm with his wife Henrietta until he is selected to travel far away.
The other main character, Henrietta's private existence is disturbed when her husband Junior is selected to leave the farm, and she is told she will have company in his absence.
A stranger who arrives at Junior and Henrietta's farm with alarming news, informing Junior that he has been selected to travel and that Henrietta will not be left alone.