Deze serie dompelt lezers onder in een grimmige, post-apocalyptische toekomst waarin de mensheid vecht voor overleving tegen gemuteerde hordes. De kern wordt gevormd door een buitengewone jonge protagonist die haar weg vindt in een wereld die wordt beheerst door angst en verraad. Volg haar strijd tegen haar oerdriften en tegen degenen die haar willen uitbuiten. Het is een meeslepend verhaal dat intense actie, morele dilemma's en schokkende wendingen combineert, waardoor u op het puntje van uw stoel zult zitten.
Not every gift is a blessing. Every morning, Melanie waits in her cell to be collected for class. When they come for her, Sergeant Parks keeps his gun pointing 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. Melanie is a very special girl. Emotionally charged and gripping from beginning to end, The girl with all the gifts is the most powerful and affecting thriller you will read this year.
M. R. Carey returns to the world of THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS, the phenomenal word-of-mouth bestseller which is now a critically acclaimed film starring Glenn Close, Gemma Arterton and Paddy Considine. Once upon a time, in a land blighted by terror, there was a very clever boy. The people thought the boy could save them, so they opened their gates and sent him out into the world. To where the monsters lived. 'Spectacular!' No. 1 bestselling author Martina Cole 'Carey writes with compassion and fire - strange and surprising and humane' Lauren Beukes, author of The Shining Girls 'A tense story with superbly rendered characters' SciFiNow 'A terrifying, emotional page-turner that explores what it means to be human' Kirkus