Ling Ma's Severance
Oh man, I would have devoured this in one sitting had my schedule allowed. If there is any justice in this world, this book will be as successful and acclaimed as Station Eleven. Anyway, it's set in 2011, after a weird fever has turned most of the world's population into mindless automatons. Our protagonist is Candace Chen, formerly employed at a book production company as the person in charge of Bibles (and secretly the one person blogging photos from NYC after things went haywire), who now finds herself part of a motley band of survivors. This is interspersed with flashbacks to her former life, and to her childhood. It manages not to be too grim, considering the subject matter. I REALLY liked this. Just gripping. A.
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A review copy was provided by the publisher. This book will be released in August.
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