Book guide
The Year of the Flood
In a plague-ravaged dystopia, two women cling to survival and search for signs that anyone else remains.
Genre and trope pairingsSci-FiDystopianSci-FiPost-apocalypticLiteraryFragmented narrativeLiterarySocial commentary
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About The Year of the Flood
The sun brightens in the east, reddening the blue-grey haze that marks the distant ocean. The vultures roosting on the hydro poles fan out their wings to dry them. The air smells faintly of burning. The waterless flood - a man-made plague - has ended the world. But two women have survived: Ren, a young dancer trapped where she worked, in an upmarket sex club (the cleanest dirty girls in town); and Toby, who watches and waits from her rooftop garden. Is anyone else out there?
Reading signals
- Spice
- None
- Darkness
- Dark
- Pacing
- Balanced
Series
MaddAddam · Book 2 of 3
Content warnings
- pandemic/plague
- post-apocalyptic devastation
- sexual exploitation
- sexual assault
- violence
- murder
- cult/religious community
- survival threat
- drug use
- Animal death
- Kidnapping
