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Book SynopsisSouth takes place in a USA ravaged by Civil War. It's been thirty years since the first wind-borne viruses ended the war between North and South - and still they keep coming. Every wind brings a new and terrifying way to die. The few survivors live in constant fear, hiding from the wind - and from each other.
In this harsh Southern expanse, brothers Garrett and Dyce Jackson are on the run from brutal law-enforcers. They meet Vida, a lone traveller on a secret quest. Together, they will journey into the dark heart of a country riven by warfare and disease.
This is the story of Dyce and Vida.
This is the story of end-time.
This is the story of The Cure and how it came too late.
This is the story of South.
Trade ReviewDark and beautiful and surprising. I loved it. * Lauren Beukes author of The Shining Girls *
South is an absolute blinder of a book. With its cracking pace, unforgettable characters, deliciously gruesome premise and you-won't-see-them-coming twists, if this doesn't make 'book of the year' shortlists, I will eat my Stetson.
The Sisters Brothers meets
The Stand, it's a post-apocalyptic genre game changer. * Sara Lotz *
There are echoes of Cormac McCarthy's
The Road and Stephen King's
The Stand, plus graphic violence and heart-stopping action set pieces, but what lifts
South above many recent examples of the subgenre is Owen's pared-down prose, slick narrative and the sensitive depiction of Dyce and Vida's relationship. * Guardian *
