About this ebook
In a future where most of the men are dead, Cole and her twelve-year-old son Miles are on the run from the most dangerous person she knows … her sister.
Miles is one of the lucky survivors of a global epidemic. But, in a world of women, that also makes him a hot commodity. The Department of Men wants to lock him away in quarantine, forever, maybe.
A sinister cult of neon nuns wants to claim him for their own; the answer to their prayers. And boy traffickers are close on their heels, thanks to Billie, Cole’s ruthless sister, who Cole thought she left for dead.
In a desperate chase across a radically changed America, Cole will do whatever it takes to get Miles to safety. Because she’s all he’s got.
Miles is one of the lucky survivors of a global epidemic. But, in a world of women, that also makes him a hot commodity. The Department of Men wants to lock him away in quarantine, forever, maybe.
A sinister cult of neon nuns wants to claim him for their own; the answer to their prayers. And boy traffickers are close on their heels, thanks to Billie, Cole’s ruthless sister, who Cole thought she left for dead.
In a desperate chase across a radically changed America, Cole will do whatever it takes to get Miles to safety. Because she’s all he’s got.
Ratings and reviews
4.8
4 reviews
Keith Bain
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May 12, 2020
Compulsive, compelling, thrilling, immersive... such an exhilarating novel - it had me on a buzz from start to finish. So many big ideas and a protagonist mom you can't help but fall in love with. Never mind that the timing of this book's release, bang in the midst of a pandemic, adds such a prophetic twist. Reading it during a Covid-19 lockdown made it seem like a missive from the future - only it came from the author's intellectually expansive (and thoroughly gutsy) imagination.
LINDSAY MEINKING
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November 13, 2020
It's the first time I'm reading this author's book and I love the story line, can't put it down grabbed me from the first page
Bronwyn Kotze
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April 9, 2020
Could not put it down. Reading it whilst in lockdown because of a global pandemic was a surreal experience. Highly recommended.
About the author
Lauren Beukes is the author of the international sensation The Shining Girls, a novel that has been translated into 26 languages. Her other books include Moxyland, Maverick, Broken Monsters, and Zoo City, winner of the Arthur C Clarke Award. She has worked in journalism, satire, documentary-making and children’s tv, and writes comics for DC Vertigo. She lives in Cape Town. www.laurenbeukes.com
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