"A thrilling and thought-provoking sci-fi adventure that's shot through with humanity. A great read." Christopher Edge
The Last of Us meets Wall-E in this post-apocalyptic tale of family, hope and survival from a multi-award-winning author
Jen and her father are making their way across a deserted world after a technological collapse brought civilization as people knew it to an end. The Flood took out all all technology, but also many people who were connected to a central information hive. Those who are left behind must find each other and build a new life. But Jen's father isn't related to her by blood – he is a human-appearing AI, a glitch in the system, and a secret that must be kept, even from those she wishes she could trust...
Exploring themes of what it means to be human, the value of every individual and where true danger lies – in our technological creations, or the ones who create them – this is a powerful and hopeful dystopian adventure for readers age 9+
Creators
Pádraig Kenny is an Irish writer from County Kildare, now living in Limerick. Previously an arts journalist, a teacher and a librarian's assistant, he now writes full-time. His first novel Tin and recent The Monsters of Rookhaven were both Waterstones Books of the Month. He has twice won the Children's Books Ireland Honour Award for Fiction, has been nominated for the Carnegie Medal and shortlisted for the Irish Book Awards.
Reviews
A thrilling and thought-provoking sci-fi adventure that’s shot through with humanity. A great read.
This thought-provoking, elegantly condensed dystopian novel for 9+ addresses ethics, innovation and what it means to be human.
The Guardian
Kenny is a brilliant world builder and he writes with a clarity that belies the complexity of ideas in this gripping novel.
The Irish Times
Shades of C3PO and Blade Runner … In a nail-biting series of plot twists, human and droid loyalties are tested.
The Observer
Another cracker of a tale from author Pádraig Kenny […] a powerful and hopeful dystopian adventure.
RTE Ireland
