num_pages: 170
description: The end of the world didnt happen overnight.After years of societal breakdowns wars and quakes and rising tides humanity was already near the edge. Then came a final blow no one could have expected: all the worlds corpses rising up to make more.Born into this bleak and bloody landscape twelve-year-old Julie struggles to hold on to hope as she and her parents drive across the wastelands of America a nightmarish road trip in search of a new home.Hungry lost and scared sixteen-year-old Nora finds herself her brothers sole guardian after her parents abandon them in the not-quite-empty ruins of Seattle.And in the darkness of a forest a dead man opens his eyes. Who is he? What is he? With no clues beyond a red tie and the letter R he must unravel the grim mystery of his existenceright after he learns how to think how to walk and how to satisfy the monster howling in his belly. The New Hunger is a glimpse of the past and a path to an astonishing future
language: English
title: The New Hunger
publisher: Atria/Emily Bestler Books