EAN: 9781405923705

LAUREN BEUKES - GEBRAUCHT AFTERLAND A GRIPPING ...

THE INTELLIGENT NEW POST-APOCALYPTIC THRILLER FROM THE AUTHOR BEHIND BRAND NEW APPLE TV HIT
SHINING GIRLS 'A smartly written thriller that opens with a satisfying bang . . . splendid'
STEPHEN KING 'Powerful and intelligent' GUARDIAN 'A major  major talent' GEORGE R.R. MARTIN
_______ A WORLD OF WOMEN A MOTHER AND SON ON THE RUN Three years after a virus wiped out most
men on earth  Cole's son  Miles  is one of the rare survivors. Yet in this changed world  there
are women who would kill to get their hands on that most prized commodity - a living boy.
Getting Miles to safety means crossing America with deadly pursuers hot on their heels -
including Cole's own sister  Billie. But if there are some who will commit any crime to possess
Miles  Cole must face some terrible choices to protect her son . . . _______ The powerful and
intelligent new thriller from the author of Richard and Judy bestseller The Shining Girls and
the prize-winning Zoo City Included in 'Best Books of Summer 2020' in Elle  Entertainment
Weekly  Publisher's Weekly and Oprah Magazine _______ 'Bowstring-taut  visceral  and incredibly
timely: Beukes's plague-tale is a parable about the glory and terror of Americanism in times of
calamity' Cory Doctorow 'A fast-moving thriller [that] splices gut-punching action sequences
and feminist gender politics with an impressively light touch. Bubbles with big ideas. This
intelligent speculative novel about a pandemic feels alarmingly close to home' Metro 'Afterland
is that rare creature  a ripping tale that neither shies away from big questions nor
interesting answers' New Scientist 'Lauren Beukes is a writer with a startling imagination  and
a masterful ability to rewrite the rules of whatever genre she turns to' Ben Winters  author of
Underground Airlines and Golden State

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