<i>'These are troubling times. The world is a dangerous place,' the voice of the Chairman said. 'I can continue to assure you of this: within the Wall you are perfectly safe.'</i><br/><i><br/></i>Christine could not sleep, she could not wake, she could not think. She stared, half-blind, at the cold screen of her smartphone. She was told the Agency was keeping them safe from the dangers outside, an outside world she would never see.<br/><br/>She never imagined questioning what she was told, what she was allowed to know, what she was permitted to think. She never even thought there were questions to ask.<br/><br/>The enclave was the only world she knew, the world outside was not safe. Staying or leaving was not a choice she had the power to make. But then Christine dared start thinking . . . and from that moment, danger was everywhere.<br/><br/>In our turbulent times, Claire G. Coleman's <i>Enclave </i>is a powerful dystopian allegory that confronts the ugly realities of racism, homophobia, surveillance, greed and privilege and the self-destructive distortions that occur when we ignore our shared humanity.<br/><br/>'A brilliant, engrossing, necessary read.' <i>Courier Mail</i><br/><i><br/></i>'much of this novel feels frighteningly plausible ... Coleman's world shimmers on the page like a heat haze.' <i>ArtsHub</i><br/><i><br/></i>'If you liked Margaret Atwood's <i>The Handmaid's Tale</i> or Charlotte Woods' <i>The Natural Way of Things</i>, this one is clearly for you.' <i>Sydney Morning Herald</i><br/><i><br/></i>'The book holds up a thoughtful mirror showing us to ourselves using an all too real future.' <i>Kill Your Darlings</i><br/><i><br/></i>'<i>Enclave</i> is a novel that inclines towards hope ... offers us an alternative: a world in which people, in meeting the demands of the present with curiosity, courage and conviction, can bring about a more just and inclusive future.' <i>New Daily</i><br/><i></i>