New Novel by Anne Kohl Explores Life on a Far-Away Planet Burdened with Too Many Settlers; Published by Dog Ear Publishing

Colorado Springs, CO, August 06, 2010 --(PR.com)-- It’s Universal Year 2853, and a ship with a crew of thousands has just crashed on Philo, a small, uninhabited planet with scant resources at the outer edge of the galaxy. The explorers can’t make contact with anyone or take off from the planet’s surface, so they become settlers. Their determination to survive is successful – almost too much so – because a thousand years later, the planet is seriously overpopulated. The domes are filled with residents, and food is carefully watched. The totalitarian government stresses productivity and threatens its citizens if they fail to comply.

In Philo: Pictures from Home, published by Dog Ear Publishing, 18-year-old Anika Berlen is fleeing for her life because of her addiction to viewing holographic pictures of planet Earth brought by the original settlers. Her captivation with the scenics and a desire to visit Earth to experience them for herself affect her work and lead to the ultimate punishment: elimination. A brief exposure to an underground group begins to arouse her suspicions that all is not what it appears. Once she receives her “Transfer” notice and finds out first-hand the horrors involved, Anika escapes, using her wits to survive. With every discovery she makes, her world is rocked.

Author Anne Kohl, who lives in Colorado, has long been fascinated by the imaginative ideas found in science fiction. She has published short stories and sold her original, award-winning paintings.

For more information, visit www.kohlsworlds.com.

Philo: Pictures from Home Anne Kohl
Dog Ear Publishing
ISBN: 978-160844-492-2 280 pages $14.99 US

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