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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).

Most of the men are dead. 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.

Twelve-year-old Miles is one of the last boys alive, and his mother, Cole, will protect him at all costs. 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. Someplace like home.

To get there, Cole and Miles must journey across a changed America in disguise as mother and daughter. From a military base in Seattle to a luxu

Afterland

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    Publisher: Mulholland Books
    Publication Date: 10/08/2021
    ISBN13: 9780316267854, 978-0316267854
    ISBN10: 0316267856

    Description

    Book Synopsis
    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).

    Most of the men are dead. 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.

    Twelve-year-old Miles is one of the last boys alive, and his mother, Cole, will protect him at all costs. 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. Someplace like home.

    To get there, Cole and Miles must journey across a changed America in disguise as mother and daughter. From a military base in Seattle to a luxu

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