The End of the World Running Club - Couverture souple

Walker, Adrian J

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 149265602X ISBN 13 : 9781492656029

Editeur : Sourcebooks Landmark, 2017

Synopsis

#1 International Bestseller"A fresh and frighteningly real take on what "the end" might be...quite an exciting and nerve-wracking 'run', with characters you believe in and feel for."--New York Times bestselling author Robert McCammonPerfect for fans of The Martian, this powerful post-apocalyptic thriller pits reluctant father Edgar Hill in a race against time to get back to his wife and children. When the sky begins to fall and he finds himself alone, his best hope is to run - or risk losing what he loves forever. When the world ends and you find yourself forsaken, every second counts. No one knows this more than Edgar Hill. Stranded on the other side of the country from his wife and children, Ed must push himself across a devastated wasteland to get back to them. With the clock ticking and hundreds of miles between them, his best hope is to run -- or risk losing what he loves forever.

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

"A real find" (Stephen King)

"Extraordinary" (Simon Mayo Radio 2 Book Club)

"Ridiculously gripping straight from the start" (Jenny Colgan)

"Will thrill and delight ... a terrifically well-observed, haunting and occasionally harrowing read" (Starburst)

"This is an uplifting, exciting and often humorous yarn about camaraderie, endurance and redemption. Throughout, Walker nicely evokes the agony and exhilaration of distance running." (The Times)

"... what sets this novel apart is Walker's extraordinary emotional articulacy" (The Sun)

"A page-turning thriller with a pace as relentless as the characters' feet hitting the pavement. A deft look into the mind of a man who needs the near-destruction of the world to show him what truly matters" (Laura Lam author of False Hearts)

"Brilliant ... superb to the end" (Lucy Mangan)

"A really fun, engaging, exciting, and compassionate take on a familiar scenario: the apocalypse ... Highly recommended" (David Owen Carnegie longlisted author of Panther)

"Compulsively readable" (SFX)

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Edgar Hill is 35 and caught in his own headlock. Overweight slob, under-performing husband and reluctant father – for Ed, the world may as well have already ended. So when it does end in a catastrophic asteroid strike and Edgar and his family find refuge in an Edinburgh army barracks, it comes as something of a relief. His world becomes simpler, life becomes easier, things might just be looking up. But nothing's ever that simple. Returning from a salvage run in the city, Edgar finds his family gone, taken to the south coast for evacuation by an international task force. Suddenly he finds himself facing a gruelling journey on foot across a devastated United Kingdom. Accompanied by a group of misfits that include a large, hairy tattoo artist and an old man who claims to have run around Australia, Edgar must race against time and overcome his own short-comings, not to mention 100 mile canyons and a very strange council estate, to find the people he loves before he loses them forever. A vivid, gripping story of hope, long-distance running and how we break the limits of our own endurance.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Sourcebooks Landmark
• Date d'édition: 2017
• ISBN 10: 149265602X
• ISBN 13: 9781492656029
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 464