The Year of the Flood

SET IN THE VISIONARY FUTURE OF ATWOOD S ACCLAIMED ORYX AND CRAKE, THE YEAR OF THE FLOOD IS AT ONCE A MOVING TALE OF LASTING FRIENDSHIP AND A LANDMARK WORK OF SPECULATIVE FICTION. IN THIS SECOND BOOK OF THE MADDADDAM TRILOGY, THE LONG-FEARED WATERLESS FLOOD HAS OCCURRED, ALTERING EARTH AS WE KNOW IT AND OBLITERATING MOST HUMAN LIFE. AMONG THE SURVIVORS ARE REN, A YOUNG TRAPEZE DANCER LOCKED INSIDE THE HIGH-END SEX CLUB SCALES AND TAILS, AND TOBY, WHO IS BARRICADED INSIDE A LUXURIOUS SPA. AMID SHADOWY, CORRUPT RULING POWERS AND NEW, GENE-SPLICED LIFE FORMS, REN AND TOBY WILL HAVE TO DECIDE ON THEIR NEXT MOVE, BUT THEY CAN T STAY LOCKED AWAY