The Girl With All the Gifts - Softcover

Carey, M. R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0316334758 ISBN 13: 9780316334754

Publisher: Orbit, 2015

Synopsis

In the ruins of civilization, a young girl's kindness and capacity for love will either save humanity -- or wipe it out in this USA Today bestselling thriller Joss Whedon calls "heartfelt, remorseless, and painfully human."
Melanie is a very special girl. Dr Caldwell calls her "our little genius."
Every morning, Melanie waits in her cell to be collected for class. When they come for her, Sergeant keeps his gun pointed at her while two of his people strap her into the wheelchair. She thinks they don't like her. She jokes that she won't bite, but they don't laugh.
The Girl With All the Gifts is a genre-defying, emotionally charged thriller that will shatter your expectations of the classic zombie novel.

For more from M. R. Carey, check out:Someone Like MeFellsideThe Boy on the Bridge

By the same author, writing as Mike Carey:
The Devil You Know
Vicious Circle
Dead Men's Boots
Thicker Than Water
The Naming of the Beasts

About this title

About the Author:

M. R. Carey has been making up stories for most of his life. His novel The Girl With All the Gifts was a USA Today bestseller and is a major motion picture based on his BAFTA-nominated screenplay. Under the name Mike Carey he has written for both DC and Marvel, including critically acclaimed runs on X-Men and Fantastic Four, Marvel's flagship superhero titles. His creator-owned books regularly appear in the New York Times bestseller list. He also has several previous novels, two radio plays, and a number of TV and movie screenplays to his credit.

Review:

"Original, thrilling and powerful."―The Guardian

"Unique and terrifying."―Booklist

"An instant favorite."―Boing Boing

"A great read that takes hold of you and doesn't let go."―John Ajvide Lindqvist, author of LET THE RIGHT ONE IN

"Heartfelt, remorseless and painfully human...as fresh as it is terrifying. A jewel."―Joss Whedon

"If you only read one novel this year, make sure it's this one, it's amazing."―Martina Cole

"One of the more imaginative and ingenious additions to the dystopian canon."―Kirkus

"...a brilliant work of science fiction, but even people who never read science fiction should absolutely read this one."―io9.com

About this edition

• Publisher: Orbit
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0316334758
• ISBN 13: 9780316334754
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 448