The Tomorrow Project

Beschreibung

'Powerful and disturbing' Harriet Tyce <BR><BR>The unmissable new speculative novel for fans of Station Eleven, The End We Start From and The Last of Us.<BR><BR>When the end comes, what will you wish you had done? In 2050s London, fear grips like a vice as a deadly virus sweeps the globe. The British prime minister tells her people to remain calm. A vaccine will be available soon, and as a precautionary measure children will be whisked away to undisclosed locations, kept safe until the storm passes.<BR>Marianne, Downing Street press secretary, doesn't realise the futility until it is far, far too late.

When the truth hits her, Marianne is forced to choose: stay with her family, or do whatever she can to help the doomed survive.<BR>As London falls, seven-year-old Maia is one of the last to escape the city. In an evacuation camp, she binds herself to Finn: in the absence of everything she knew, he becomes her everything.<BR>Yet as the years roll on and hope fades, Maia sees the bubble of safety is also a prison.

She realises there is only one choice: to leave the camp and find what remains on the outside.<BR>An utterly compelling and unforgettable tale of humanity, resilience and the lengths we will go to for love. The Tomorrow Project is the stunning first novel from H Critchlow.<BR><BR>Praise for The Tomorrow Project'Thrilling, heartbreaking, tense... I was immediately and incessantly caught up in it' James Delargy<BR>'Dark, vivid and beautifully written, The Tomorrow Project is a poignant, immersive novel about a future that spools out in terrifying clarity.

It's also a novel about bravery and hope - and it will make you cry' Rachel Wolf<BR>'A fresh, original novel with characters who linger and a propulsive plot. I inhaled it in twenty-four hours. Genuinely unputdownable' Niki Mackay<BR>'Critchlow has the ability to observe humanity at its worst and heart-rending best. A worthy addition to the end-times dystopian canon' Jo Furniss<BR>'A heady mix of heartache and hope, love and loss, in a world that's splitting at the seams...

I couldn't come up for air till I turned the last page' Robert Rutherford<BR>'A terrifying glimpse into a possible world' Sarah Moorhead<BR>'Masterful. A beautifully written parable of hope, love and humanity, it will live with me for a very long time' Rob Parker<BR>'A heartbreaking, vividly imagined tale of love and survival at the end of the world... a triumph of storytelling' Clare Leslie Hall<BR>'A deeply moving and beautifully written novel about loss and hope with a propulsive plot that will keep you turning the pages' Victoria Selman<BR>'A haunting and powerful read' Woman's Weekly<BR>

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