We reveal the cover of benjamin percys new novel the dead lands. Mutant animals roam a barren countryside, water is scarce, and resources are low. Content includes books from bestselling, midlist and debut authors. The dead lands is a bombblast of a novel, casting its tremors in every direction. Louis a shielded community that owes its survival to its militant defense and fearmongering. More than a century after the flu wipes out civilization, lewis and clark strike out for oregon again. Between a super flu and nuclear fallout, most of mankind and society has been wiped out. Here he takes a journey across a cataclysmic future american west, sending his band of seekers, scholars, assassins, and explorers through a landscape as dangerous and surreal as it must have seemed to the original lewis and clark. Anyone familiar with the meteoric rise of benjamin percys career will surely have noticed a certain shift. The world has been devastated by virulent flu and panicinduced nuclear war. The dead lands by benjamin percy bookforum magazine. Louis has been sealed off to protect a remnant of humanity behind its walls, and over the centuries the population has come to. Benjamin percys latest novel, the dead lands, is set in a postapocalyptic united states.
Benjamin percy, author of the wilding and red moon. The dead lands npr coverage of the dead lands by benjamin percy. Apr 14, 2015 in benjamin percy s new thriller, a postapocalyptic reimagining of the lewis and clark saga, a super flu and nuclear fallout have made a husk of the world we know. Now, in his first book of nonfiction, benjamin percy challenges the notion that literary and genre fiction are somehow mutually exclusive. The story had similar concepts and i would guess was modeled after other epics in this genre. Benjamin percys newest novel the dead lands, out last month from grand central publishing, reimagines the lewis and clark expedition in a postapocalyptic world. The dead lands by benjamin percy, 9781444770049, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide.
In his essay collection, thrill me, he laid bare for readers how and why he channels disparate influences in his work. The dead lands by benjamin percy books hachette australia. Im a huge fan of apocalyptic fiction and with the stephen king endorsement, i felt this was sure to be amazing. Paperback releases for the week of february 22nd include the bone tree, the highly anticipated second installment of greg iles epic trilogy of blood and race, family and justice, featuring southern lawyer penn cage. The dead lands by benjamin percy author autographed hardcover book first edition, first printing, mint, newunread in a flawless dust jacket in archival acetate cover, signed by the author. Benjamin percy s latest novel, the dead lands, is set in a postapocalyptic united states. Benjamin percys epic novel is the unputdownable story of an impossibly dangerous journey of hope taken at the end of the world, perfect for fans of stephen king and cormac mccarthy. In benjamin percy s new thriller, a postapocalyptic reimagining of the lewis and clark saga, a super flu and nuclear fallout have made a husk of the world we know. Percy rides the increasingly porous border between literary and genre fiction in this postapocalyptic thriller that reimagines the lewis and clark expedition in an america brought low by a super flu and nuclear fallout. The dead lands by benjamin percy nook book ebook barnes. Louis, two visionaries prepare to leave the safety of their walled city, sanctuary, and travel to oregon with the mysterious guide gawea.
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Benjamin percy is a versatile and propulsive storyteller whose genrebusting novels and story collections have ranged from literary to thriller to postapocalyptic. In benjamin percys new thriller, a postapocalyptic reinvention of the lewis and clark saga, a super flu and nuclear. In benjamin percys new thriller, a postapocalyptic reimagining of the lewis and clark saga, a super flu and nuclear fallout have made a husk of the world we know. The real lewis and clark dog the fictional ones in the dead lands, but if some allegory is at work, i cant find it. A few humans carry on, living in outposts such as the sanctuarythe remains of st. The dead lands by benjamin percy, 9781444770056, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. In benjamin percy s new thriller, a postapocalyptic reinvention of the lewis and clark saga, a super flu and nuclear. In benjamin percys new thriller, a postapocalyptic reimagining of the lewis and clark saga, a superflu and nuclear fallout have made a husk of the world we know.
Louis has been sealed off to protect a remnant of humanity behind its walls, and over the centuries the population has come to believe theyre the only inhabitants left on a dying planet. Now, in his first book of nonfiction, benjamin percy challenges the notion that. Mar 11, 2016 the dead lands by benjamin percy benjamin percy knows how to write a compelling monster novel. Like stephen kings the stand before it, the dead lands is an incredible novel set across the sprawling landscape of a nightmarish postapocalyptic american west. Here he takes a journey across a cataclysmic future american west, sending his band of seekers, scholars, assassins, and explorers through a landscape as dangerous and surreal as it must have seemed. Nov 29, 2016 the dead lands is an ingenious thriller, relentlessly driven by benjamin percys powerful writing. Apr 04, 2015 benjamin percy is the author of four novels, the dark net hmh, 2017, the dead lands grand central, 2015, red moon grand central, 20 and the wilding graywolf press, 2010, as well as two books of short stories refresh, refresh and the language of elk and a craft book, thrill me. The dead lands has everything a lover of this genre would want the postapocalyptic feel which percy does a tremendous job describing, great characters, and a dangerous quest. The dead lands, by benjamin percy benjamin percy s new thriller retells the story of lewis and clarks expedition, against a postapocalyptic future backdrop where the mississippi.
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A site dedicated to book lovers providing a forum to discover and share commentary about the books and authors they enjoy. After writing two shortstory collections and a literary novel, he delivered the werewolf thriller red moon and the postapocalyptic epic the dead lands. Dec 08, 2015 benjamin percy s epic novel is the unputdownable story of an impossibly dangerous journey of hope taken at the end of the world, perfect for fans of stephen king and cormac mccarthy. A novel by benjamin percy in djvu, doc, rtf download ebook. I love books that explore what the world might be like when what we know ends. May 09, 2015 by the looks of things in his new novel the dead lands, ben percy wants to have it both ways hes written a postapocalypse novel that focuses on the dark, quasitotalitarian reorganization of. In red moon 20, he uses lycanthropy werewolves to explore terrorism, racial profiling, and contagion politics. I missed reading benjamin percy s last novel, red novel.
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