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When The Floods Came
When The Floods Came
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Description: In a world prone to violent flooding Britain ravaged 20 years earlier by a deadly virus has been largely cut off from the rest of the world. Survivors are few and far between most of them infertile. Children the only hope for the future are a rare commodity. For 22 - year - old Roza Polanski life with her family in their isolated tower block is relatively comfortable. She's safe happy enough. But when a stranger called Aashay Kent arrives everything changes. At first he's a welcome addition his magnetism drawing the Polanskis out of their shells promising an alternative to a lonely existence. But Roza can't shake the feeling that there's more to Aashay than he's letting on. Is there more to life beyond their isolated bubble? Is it true that children are being kidnapped? And what will it cost to find out? Clare Morrall author of the Man Booker Prize - shortlisted Astonishing Splashes of Colour creates a startling vision of the future in a world not so very far from our own and a thrilling story of suspense.
Title: When The Floods Came
Author(s): Morrall Clare
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Barcode: 9781444736519
Pages: 352 Pages
Publication Date: 8/11/2016
Category: Modern & Contemporary Fiction
Description: In a world prone to violent flooding Britain ravaged 20 years earlier by a deadly virus has been largely cut off from the rest of the world. Survivors are few and far between most of them infertile. Children the only hope for the future are a rare commodity. For 22 - year - old Roza Polanski life with her family in their isolated tower block is relatively comfortable. She's safe happy enough. But when a stranger called Aashay Kent arrives everything changes. At first he's a welcome addition his magnetism drawing the Polanskis out of their shells promising an alternative to a lonely existence. But Roza can't shake the feeling that there's more to Aashay than he's letting on. Is there more to life beyond their isolated bubble? Is it true that children are being kidnapped? And what will it cost to find out? Clare Morrall author of the Man Booker Prize - shortlisted Astonishing Splashes of Colour creates a startling vision of the future in a world not so very far from our own and a thrilling story of suspense.
Title: When The Floods Came
Author(s): Morrall Clare
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Barcode: 9781444736519
Pages: 352 Pages
Publication Date: 8/11/2016
Category: Modern & Contemporary Fiction