SOLVED. Characters in a dome [s]

[Meomyo]

Hi this is my first post so please bear with me :)

The book I am after was by a British author, set in England.

The characters were entombed in a dome set up by aliens, they had to fend for themselves. It was not all bad though, a young girl who had lost her hand in an accident suddenly found it growing back due to the dome placers input.

Sorry its rather vague

[Michelle Mulford]

Maybe The City of Gold and Lead, which is the second book in the Tripods trilogy. I don't remember the part about the girl, but the aliens do keep the population in a dome.

[Meomyo]

Michelle wrote: "Maybe The City of Gold and Lead, which is the second book in the Tripods trilogy. I don't remember the part about the girl, but the aliens do keep the population in a dome."

Hi Michelle and many thanks for your reply, that's not the book as the characters did not know who had put the dome there, also they had no way to get out (or indeed the army etc had no way to get in) so communication was cut.

I will try and remember a few more details about the storyline.

[Kate]

There's also The Sky Inside, I haven't read it but it is about a dome. I am not sure if the author of The Sky Inside is British or not. It is geared toward young adults.

The Stephen King book Dome and the Gone books by Michael Grant (which also features a dome) I have read and they do not match up with this description.

[Meomyo]

Hi and many thanks for all you replies! I was informed correctly this really is a friendly & helpful site. Unfortunately though it's none of those books.

It really was a standalone volume by (I think) a not so well known author.

I should add, Iam pretty sure they could not see the dome, it was an invisible barrier, they tried smashing through it and digging tunnels all to no avail.

[Melanti]

What about James Follett? It's a trilogy, not a stand alone, but it's not really advertized as such.
Temple of the Winds
Wicca
The Silent Vulcan

I vaguely remember a hand growing back, but that might be the powers of suggestion working. There was a young woman confined to a wheelchair that by the end of the 2nd book was able to walk.

[Meomyo]

Melanti I think one of those is the book I am looking for! It sounds too familiar to not be. I was sure it was just a standalone novel but now I have read the blurbs on those 3 it brings back memories.

Thanks

[Melanti]

Glad I could help! (Or, at least give you more to read.) As I recall, most of testing the dome - digging, crashing vehicles into it, etc - is in the first book. They find out about the aliens near the end of book 1, and it's a much bigger part of books 2 & (presumably) 3.

You've actually done me a favor. I've been looking for a copy of book 3 on and off for years and I now see the series has been released as an ebook. I'll finally be able to see how the story ends.

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

Meomyo, was it one of the books in post 6? If so, which one?

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

No response...I hesitate to move to Abandoned because Meomyo thought the book might be one mentioned.

[Ann aka Iftcan]

Meomyo hasn't been on since Dec. of 2012--and didn't put any of those 3 books into his/her Read file. So I'm going to move it down to Now We'll Never Know

[Kath]

I think I might have the answer? I know its a bit late, but I remember it well. I think it is called "Under The dome" because I remember this book being turned into a mini tv series. I remember it did infact have aliens who wanted to see what would happen if they put an invisible barrier sort of dome over a small part of a city to see if humans survived (like putting a glass cup over ants -something that wikipedia compared it to-) think I might have cracked this one :0

[David]

Sounds like Under the Dome by Stephen King and apparently he wrote a sequel Under the Dome: Part 2

[Melanti]

Under the Dome was suggested in the fourth message. But the book that the OP is looking for is by a lesser known British author and is set in the UK.

The OP still hasn't logged into Goodreads since Dec. 2012, so I'd assume that we probably won't hear back from him/her soon.

David - That part 2 that you've linked to is just the second half of the full book. It looks like they split it into 2 volumes for the mass market paperback release. They do that with really long books sometimes.

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

Definitely sounds like "Temple of the Winds" suggested by Melanti. Kirkus says:

"Days after reports that a UFO landed in the swamp at Pentworth, England, a rubbery, transparent, impenetrable barrier cuts the town off from the rest of reality. Teenager Vikki Taylor, who lost her hand in a childhood accident, grows a new one. Webcam exhibitionist and voyeur Cathy Price, confined to a wheelchair when her sense of balance was destroyed, finds she can walk again. Cathy, Vikki, and Detective Sergeant Mike Malone each take note of a semi-invisible, crablike metallic device, dubbed a “spyder.” After the barrier appears, cult leader Adrian Roscoe’s big farm operation helps feed people. But soon Adrian’s ranting about the need to destroy witches: at the top of his hit list is herbalist Ellen Duncan, whose storefront has been daubed with mysterious but significant graffiti. The local town council leader, Asquith Prescott, organizes a government of sorts, but before very long his rule veers toward the totalitarian. Then the intruders, whoever or whatever they are, begin to talk directly to Vikki...."

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

Moving to Solved.