num_pages: 448
description: A little more than a century from now our world has been utterly transformed. After years of slowly overtaking the continent rising floodwaters have obliterated Americas great coastal cities and then its heartland leaving nothing but an archipelago of mountaintop colonies surrounded by a deep expanse of open water.Stubbornly independent Myra and her precocious seven-year-old daughter Pearl fish from their small boat the Bird visiting dry land only to trade for supplies and information in the few remaining outposts of civilization. For seven years Myra has grieved the loss of her oldest daughter Row who was stolen by her father after a monstrous deluge overtook their home in Nebraska. Then in a violent confrontation with a stranger Myra suddenly discovers that Row was last seen in a far-off encampment near the Arctic Circle. Throwing aside her usual caution Myra and Pearl embark on a perilous voyage into the icy northern seas hoping against hope that Row will still be there.On their journey Myra and Pearl join forces with a larger ship and Myra finds herself bonding with her fellow seekers who hope to build a safe haven together in this dangerous new world. But secrets lust and betrayals threaten their dream and after their fortunes take a shockingand bloodyturn Myra can no longer ignore the question of whether saving Row is worth endangering Pearl and her fellow travelers.A compulsively readable novel of dark despair and soaring hope After the Flood is a magnificent action packed and sometimes frightening odyssey laced with wonderan affecting and wholly original saga both redemptive and astonishing.
language: None
title: After the Flood
publisher: William Morrow