The Boy on the Bridge

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What to expect

M. R. Carey returns to the world of THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS, the phenomenal word-of-mouth bestseller which is now a BAFTA-nominated film.

Once upon a time, in a land blighted by terror, there was a very clever boy.

The people thought the boy could save them, so they opened their gates and sent him out into the world.

To where the monsters lived.


'Spectacular!' No. 1 bestselling author Martina Cole

'Carey writes with compassion and fire - strange and surprising and humane' Lauren Beukes, author of The Shining Girls

'A tense story with superbly rendered characters' SciFiNow

'A terrifying, emotional page-turner that explores what it means to be human' Kirkus

Critics Review

  • Spectacular! I enjoyed it just as much as The Girl With All the Gifts, if not more

    No. 1 bestselling author Martina Cole
  • Unputdownable

    IRISH TIMES
  • Carey writes with compassion and fire – strange and surprising and humane

    Lauren Beukes, author of THE SHINING GIRLS
  • The hefty brio of a Stephen King, the fierce intelligence of a John Wyndham

    DAILY MAIL
  • A tense story with superbly rendered characters

    SCIFINOW
  • A terrifying, emotional page-turner that explores what it means to be human

    KIRKUS

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