Station Eleven
Emily St. John Mandel
Twenty years after a devastating pandemic collapses global civilization, a nomadic troupe of actors and musicians called The Traveling Symphony roams the settlements of the Great Lakes performing Shakespeare.
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The Road
by Cormac McCarthy (2006)
About this book
A father and his young son walk alone through burned America toward the coast. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind, sustained solely by their love for one another and the imperative to carry the fire.
Setting / LocationAsh-Covered American Southeast
Story EraPost-Apocalyptic Bleak Future
Protagonist / CoreThe Father & The Boy
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