
By the author of The Handmaid's Tale & Alias Grace Toby a survivor of the man-made plague that has swept the earth is telling stories Stories left over from the old world & stories that will determine a new one Listening hard is young Blackbeard one of the innocent Crakers the species designed to replace humanity Their reluctant prophet Jimmy-the-Snowman is in a coma so they've chosen a new hero
- Zeb the street-smart man Toby loves As clever Pigoons attack their fragile garden & malevolent Painballers scheme the small band of survivors will need more than stories