I can’t say much more about her without giving away too much of the plot, except to say that she was, in my opinion, the least interesting of the four main characters. Mari is a storyteller and something of a mystic.When he learns of the true plot against the inks, though, his conscience won’t let him stay out of it. They know him and trust him, and he respects them. He owns a lot of land up in Smithville (near Hastings), and has a pretty good relationship with the local inks.

Del, an artist, is married to Finn’s sister.

But as Abbie becomes more and more inveigled with a gang of limousine drivers, she finds that just because you’re in a gang doesn’t mean you don’t feel the same as everyone else. A troublemaker sentenced to community service, she quickly identifies with the plight of the inks and pledges her not-inconsiderable intellect to the problem.

Abbie is a teenage hacker whose mother runs an inkatorium - a place where inks are processed and held, rather like internment camps.

But when Finn realizes just how deep the ink community goes, he has to decide which is more important: the facts or the people. His story is primarily focused on the facts of the ink situation - “ink” being the term for anyone not 100 percent American the word refers to tattoos that all non-100-percenters must wear on their wrists. A large man, he, like most large protagonists in literature, tries not to intimidate others.

Finn, a journalist, believes in the ideal of getting the truth out and damn the consequences.

It follows four main characters, each with their own story to tell. Ink, a novel by Sabrina Vourvoulias, is a near-future semi-dystopia set in and around Hastings (which, for the purposes of this novel, is in what the author tells me is “a somewhat-fictionalized New York State”.

Ink, which will be released on October 15, tells one such story. Regardless of your opinion on the subject, it’s pretty much a foregone conclusion that we’re moving in one of two directions: full amnesty or full illegality. In other parts, they exist only as issues upon which to campaign. In certain parts of the US, immigration policy and illegal alien rights are forefront.

Ink by Sabrina Vourvoulias