Children of the Night
T.C Paul
Paperback
(Independently published, Dec. 19, 2018)
Children with no identity, come alive during the nightChina, a small village, the 1980âs. Ming was an only child born to loving parents during the âone child per familyâ regime ,known as the âone child policyâ,. She was lucky enough to be an only child but many in her village were not! Second-born children were hidden by their families from the authorities â kept up at night and hidden asleep under their houses during the day. âChildren of the Nightâ fascinated Ming and she sneaked out to join them. She began staying up at night and playing with her friends until she too, started sleeping during the day. One night, the authorities raided her village, and brutally removed all the âidentity lessâ children who were playing outside at night, including Ming, despite her motherâs screams that she is an only child. The militia took them to a remote childrenâs house for re-education. Under harsh conditions of cold, hunger and physical abuse, Ming spends her adolescence there, even though she has an identity and belongs with her family. Her deep longing for her parents and home, instill in her a strong desire to escape. Will she succeed?