The Boy on the Bridge

M. R. Carey

May 2017 · Sold by Orbit

About this ebook

One exceptional boy journeys into the ashes of society to find the cure for a devastating plague in this riveting post-apocalyptic standalone set in the same world as the USA Today-bestselling The Girl With All the Gifts.

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.

"Strange and surprising and humane" (Lauren Beukes), The Boy on the Bridge is a gripping, powerful story that will make you question what it means to be human.

Ratings and reviews

I loved that this book was an extension of "girl with all the gifts". You don't have to read both, they stand nicely alone, but they compliment each other.

I loved the movie of the first book. This book sets up MANY things for the first entry of the series. It has a unique way of telling the story and has one of the best, unpredictable endings I have read in a long time! The ending was crazy. I still havent gotten over it. It was nuts. Reading it for the third time :)

Loved that the story didn't have as much gore as The Girl With All the Gifts. Very much appreciated how it all came together in the end.

About the author

M. R. Carey has been making up stories for most of his life. His novel The Girl With All the Gifts was a USA Today bestseller and is a major motion picture based on his BAFTA-nominated screenplay. Under the name Mike Carey he has written for both DC and Marvel, including critically acclaimed runs on X-Men and Fantastic Four, Marvel's flagship superhero titles. His creator-owned books regularly appear in the New York Times bestseller list. He also has several previous novels, two radio plays, and a number of TV and movie screenplays to his credit.