The Wall: (A Dystopian Novel)

· The Island Series Book 1 · Dutch Venture Publishing
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FULLY UPDATED EDITION. This is a revised edition of the novellas The Island & The Waves combined into one storyline with brand new content.

'I walk toward the sea. The endless surface of the water extends to the horizon, whichever way I look.
Our world is small. We’re on our own, and we only have ourselves to depend on. We rely on the Force deep within us as taught to us by our forefathers. 
If I were to walk westward from here, I’d come across a barrier - the Wall. Behind it, there are Fools. At least, that's what everyone says. I’ve never seen one.'


Leia lives on an island where children leave their parents to take care of themselves when they’re just ten years old. Across the island runs a Wall that no one has ever crossed. The Fools living behind it should be shunned because they believe in salvation from across the sea. That's what The Book says, the only thing left to the Eastern Islanders by their ancestors. 
But when a strange man washes ashore and Leia meets a Fool face to face, her life will never be the same again. Walt, the boy from the other side of the Wall, isn’t as foolish as she was always led to believe. And as Leia and Walt set out to bring the truth about both their societies to light, all the things they once took for granted fall by the wayside.

Their island world is about to change... for better or for worse.

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4.2
66 reviews
Julia Dorn
May 14, 2016
I didn't realize I would like it as much until I got to the chapter about it being star wars fanfiction. Interesting concept for a dystopian novel though. What happens when a group of people are stuck with basic supplies, a few books and no outside contact for 150 years is pretty wild and could eventually happen just not in such a short time span as it is in this book. Will read the next one to see how it ends.
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A Google user
February 15, 2018
I think this book shows a lot of heart. You can tell it was written by someone who cares about what they're putting out. I'm a writer as well and I strive to have the attributes of this author.
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Rebecca Wood
May 31, 2016
Definitely not what I expected. It was a pretty slow read, but it had some good aspects to it. The storyline was really good. It just didn't hit the mark for me.
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About the author

 Jen Minkman (1978) was born in Holland, in the town of Alphen aan den Rijn. When she was 19, she moved between The Hague, Salzburg (Austria), Brussels (Belgium) and Cambridge (UK) to complete her studies in intercultural communication. She is currently a teacher of English and Dutch at a secondary school in The Hague, Holland. She tries to read at least 100 books a year (and write a few, too!). She is a published author in her own country, and translates her own books from Dutch into English for self-publication.

In her spare time, she plays the piano, the guitar and the violin. For every novel she writes, she creates a soundtrack. 

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