Children of Men meets The Handmaid\'s Tale in this " smartly written" and "splendid" thriller about how far a mother will go to protect her son from a hostile world transformed by the absence of men (Stephen King).
She lives in Cape Town, South Africa..
She worked as a journalist and as show runner on one of the South Africa\'s biggest animated TV shows, directed an award-winning documentary and wrote the New York Times bestselling graphic novel, Fairest: The Hidden Kingdom .
She\'s the author of the critically acclaimed international bestseller Broken Monsters , as well as The Shining Girls , about a time traveling serial killer, Zoo City , a phantasmagorical Joburg noir and winner of the 2011 Arthur C Clarke Award, and the neo-political thriller Moxyland .
About author(s): Lauren Beukes writes novels, comics and screeplays.
A sharply feminist, high-stakes thriller from award-winning author Lauren Beukes , Afterland brilliantly blends psychological suspense, American noir, and science fiction into an adventure all its own--and perfect for our times. even as Billie and her sinister crew draw closer. . .
From a military base in Seattle to a luxury bunker, from an anarchist commune in Salt Lake City to a roaming cult that\'s all too ready to see Miles as the answer to their prayers, the two race to stay ahead at every step .
To get there, Cole and Miles must journey across a changed America in disguise as mother and daughter.
Someplace like home.
On the run after a horrific act of violence-and pursued by Cole\'s own ruthless sister, Billie--all Cole wants is to raise her kid somewhere he won\'t be preyed on as a reproductive resource or a sex object or a stand-in son.
Twelve-year-old Miles is one of the last boys alive, and his mother, Cole, will protect him at all costs.
Three years after the pandemic known as The Manfall, governments still hold and life continues--but a world run by women isn\'t always a better place.
Most of the men are dead.
Children of Men meets The Handmaid\'s Tale in this " smartly written" and "splendid" thriller about how far a mother will go to protect her son from a hostile world transformed by the absence of men (Stephen King)
