title: Island Homes
author: Akass, Stewart
description: Throughout the history of planet Earth, the human race has suffered continuously, at the hand of man. Although life expectancy and the quality of life has improved, man’s dominance has remained unchanged. The subjugation of women continues, together with religious and political persecution, greed, and a lack of action in protecting the planet in terms of population growth and environmental contamination.
  Part 1 of “The Chronicles of Pet”, is a Romance/Action/Adventure series of five books. Set on Earth in the 22nd century and about the lives of a few survivors from the UK, USA, and New Zealand after a devastating pandemic and earthquakes wipe out the world’s population.
  Today a Smartphone is the “Must Have” communication product and has become an essential part of our everyday life and offers vibrant screens, endless apps, and functionality. However, have you ever considered with the exponential growth in the sophistication of electronics how such a device will develop?
  In “Island Homes”, Kath, a recently graduated student from a university in New Zealand, purchases a companion Smartphone and names her Pet. This Smartphone is sentient and is the most popular product on the planet. Kath and Pet become inseparable, and together they embark on finding her a job, friends, and romance. Her adventures start the day she starts teaching, and the events that follow turn out to be far beyond her wildest dreams.
  Steven, a drug research scientist, specialising in anti-retrovirus products and lives in London, England. He determines from field tests that a pandemic is growing in Asia and South Africa, which he predicts will spread globally and wipe out the population. His company does not support him for business reasons, and he resigns. Then before the pandemic strikes, secretly hides away on a deserted island off the west coast of Scotland, with his family and close friends.
  Holly, a teenage member of the group, is eager to know if anyone else is alive in the world, and decides she must search for other survivors.
  Kent, an earthquake specialist in the USA, accepts a job in New Zealand, and soon after he moves to the island, is stranded when the pandemic hits the island.
  “Island Homes” unfolds the difficulties and challenges of the lives of Kath, Steven, Kent, and Holly.
  The Chronicles of Pet consists of five books:
  Part 1 – Island Homes
  Part 2 – Virtual Companions
  Part 3 – We are Animal
  Part 4 – You’re Real and Here with Me
  Part 5 – New World Reality
  About the Author
  Stewart Akass grew up in Kent England. He enjoyed a career in the consumer electronics industry for 30 years, retiring at the age of 54. Although an avid reader, he never had the ambition to be a writer. During an extended holiday stimulated by the landscape in New Zealand, he started to write The Chronicles of Pet. Since then, he has pursued publication and the detailed task of proof-reading and editing. He lives in the South East of England.
  stewartakass.blogspot.co.uk