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The Book of Sand
- Author
- Theo Clare
- Narrator
- Kristin Atherton
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date
- 19 July 2022
- Run Time
- 19 hours 31 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
The first in an epic series created by one of our finest and most inventive storytellers, also known as the international bestseller Mo Hayder
Sand. A hostile world of burning sun.Outlines of several once-busy cities shimmer on the horizon. Now empty of inhabitants, their buildings lie in ruins.In the distance a group of people—a family—walks toward us.Ahead lies shelter: a “shuck” the family calls home and which they know they must reach before the light fails, as to be out after dark is to invite danger and almost certain death.To survive in this alien world of shifting sand, they must find an object hidden in or near water. But other families want it too. And they are willing to fight to the death to make it theirs.It is beginning to rain in Fairfax County, Virginia, when McKenzie Strathie wakes up. An ordinary teenage girl living an ordinary life—except that the previous night she found a sand-lizard in her bed, and now she’s beginning to question everything around her, especially who she really is ...Two very different worlds featuring a group of extraordinary characters driven to the very limit of their endurance in a place where only the strongest will survive.
Critics Review
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“An utterly original novel from an extraordinary creative mind, The Book of Sand is an absolute standout that's impossible to put down.”
Karin Slaughter, New York Times bestselling author
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“Unique and fearless.”
Mark Billingham, bestselling author of the Tom Thorne series
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“I inhaled it! It's beautifully written and utterly compelling.”
Harriet Tyce, author of Blood Orange and The Lies You Told
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“Audacious, extraordinary, and absolutely awesome.”
Alex North, New York Times bestselling author of The Whisper Man
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“Fearless and compelling, lyrical and devastating by turns, the story never slackens pace. A stunning introduction to a wholly original world.”
Jane Corry, bestselling author of My Husband’s Wife
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“A future classic that exists between darkness light. I was completely entranced by it.”
Christopher Fowler, award-winning author of the Bryant & May mysteries
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“A huge and brilliant and engaging read. It feels like a place I have been to rather than words on a page.”
Alice Jolly, award-winning author of Mary Ann Sate, Imbecile
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“An epic novel…Simply brilliant…Inventive, beautiful, and thrilling.”
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Details
- Author
- Theo Clare
- Narrator
- Kristin Atherton
- Duration
- 19 hours 31 minutes
- Release Date
- 19 July 2022
- ISBN
- 9798200918201
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Genre
- Fantasy, Fiction: general and literary, Fantasy, Adventure fiction, Occult fiction, Fantasy
Synopsis
The first in an epic series created by one of our finest and most inventive storytellers, also known as the international bestseller Mo HayderSand. A hostile world of burning sun.Outlines of several once-busy cities shimmer on the horizon. Now empty of inhabitants, their buildings lie in ruins.In the distance a group of people—a family—walks toward us.Ahead lies shelter: a “shuck” the family calls home and which they know they must reach before the light fails, as to be out after dark is to invite danger and almost certain death.To survive in this alien world of shifting sand, they must find an object hidden in or near water. But other families want it too. And they are willing to fight to the death to make it theirs.It is beginning to rain in Fairfax County, Virginia, when McKenzie Strathie wakes up. An ordinary teenage girl living an ordinary life—except that the previous night she found a sand-lizard in her bed, and now she’s beginning to question everything around her, especially who she really is ...Two very different worlds featuring a group of extraordinary characters driven to the very limit of their endurance in a place where only the strongest will survive.
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