The Girl With All The Gifts: The most original thriller you will read this year

M. R. Carey

Jan 2014 · Hachette UK

About this ebook

'ORIGINAL, THRILLING AND POWERFUL' - Guardian
'HAUNTING, HEARTHBREAKING' - Vogue
The phenomenal word-of-mouth bestseller that is now a BAFTA Award-nominated movie

NOT EVERY GIFT IS A BLESSING

Every morning, Melanie waits in her cell to be collected for class. When they come for her, Sergeant Parks keeps his gun pointing at her while two of his people strap her into the wheelchair. She thinks they don't like her. She jokes that she won't bite. But they don't laugh.

Melanie is a very special girl.

Emotionally charged and gripping from beginning to end, THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS is the most powerful and affecting thriller you will read this year.

'A great read that takes hold of you and doesn ́t let go' - John Ajvide Lindqvist, author of LET THE RIGHT ONE IN

*Return to the world of THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS in M. R. Carey's stunning new novel THE BOY ON THE BRIDGE - out now!*

Ratings and reviews

A tense, fairly original, page-turner. Highly recommended although, without putting in a spoiler I hope, is this the next horror theme following on from the vampire or zombie fad in books lining up to be made into a movie. It would make a very exciting one with high potential for special effects and 4 very different main characters.

This book is literally a pure ripoff of the game 'the last of us' almost everything is the same except the last of us does it all much better. wouldn't bother giving your money to someone who hasn't got the imagination to create their own material.

I really enjoyed this! Unique story with a little twist at the end. Well written and keeps you turning the pages, I found it quite hard to put down. Really tense in places and what makes it genuinely scary is that it makes it a real possibility...

About the author

M. R. Carey has been making up stories for most of his life. His novel The Girl With All the Gifts has sold over a million copies and became a major motion picture, based on his own BAFTA Award-nominate screenplay. Under the name Mike Carey he has written for both DC and Marvel, including critically acclaimed runs on Lucifer, Hellblazer and X-Men. His creator-owned books regularly appear in the New York Times bestseller list. He also has several previous novels including the Felix Castor series (written as Mike Carey), two radio plays and a number of TV and movie screenplays to his credit.