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This is a sophisticated science fiction novel about a world where all adults will die within a year, leaving only children to rebuild civilization. While the premise is dark and thematically heavy, the violence is not graphically depicted, and the focus is on sociological and philosophical questions rather than action. It's appropriate for mature teens interested in literary sci-fi but may be psychologically intense for younger readers due to its themes of mass death and loss of childhood.
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'Like Ursula K. Le Guin rewriting The Lord of the Flies for the quantum age' NPR 'Cixin Liu is the author of your next favourite sci-fi novel' WIRED Eight years ago and eight light years away, a supermassive star died. Tonight, a supernova tsunami of high energy will finally reach Earth. Dark skies will shine bright as... 'Like Ursula K. Le Guin rewriting The Lord of the Flies for the quantum age' NPR 'Cixin Liu is the author of your next favourite sci-fi novel' WIRED Eight years ago and eight light years away, a supermassive star died. Tonight, a supernova tsunami of high energy will finally reach Earth. Dark skies will shine bright as a new star blooms in the heavens and within a year everyone over the age of thirteen will be dead, their chromosomes irreversibly damaged. And so the countdown begins. Parents apprentice their children and try to pass on the knowledge they'll need to keep the world running. But the last generation may not want to carry the legacy of their parents' world. And though they imagine a better, brighter future, they may not be able to escape humanity's dark instincts...
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- Fiction
- apocalypse
- china
- fantasy
- Dystopia
- Radiation
- End of the world
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ISBN 9781788542418 · Bloomsbury Publishing