The Portal
By Alan Zendell
Set over one hundred years in the
future in a declining society we meet a special boy, Harry who will soon leave
his mark on the world. The story begins when Harry is fourteen after he loses
his one friend and confidant, his grandfather, Harry spirals into a deep
depression until he meets a remarkable girl that soon captures his heart. Harry wants nothing more than to spend the
rest of his life with Lorrie; instead he spends the rest of his life searching
for her when she disappears.
Throughout the story we follow along
through each of Harry’s loves and losses spanning his entire life, we also follow
along through his triumphs in his own personal life as he is determined to
effect change in the world around him and not just be a bystander in society. The story itself is interesting, a love story
mixed with futuristic political unrest. The author does a great job of getting his
point across and describing the nation and the problems the world is facing
drawing you into the story even further as you begin to hope for a solution. The
only real problem with this book is that if you are going to set it in the
future we need more descriptive scenery you wouldn’t know it was a futuristic
novel if the author didn’t incorporate holograms and also add in dates so that
you know how much time has passed between each event in Harry’s life. If you
don’t mind relying on your own imagination when it comes to the scenery then
this is definitely worth the read.
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