The ending is not just a cliffhaner, it’s the Mt. Why Alex changed in a way others did not, and if it had to do with her cancer. What happens to the other characters when they are separated. There is more that Bick needs to explain. Ellie, the young girl whose grandfather dies during the EMP (electromagnetic pulse), and her dog Mina are the third and fourth part of their group. And Alex and Tom, the soldier she meets in the wild, both are carrying their own secrets, which will be revealed (presumably) in one of the next two books in the trilogy. However, she is keeping a secret from them, and when they are separated, she regrets not sharing it with them.Īs in all good literature, none of the main characters is perfect - all have flaws. The best comparison is to zombies even though they have not died.Īlex joins with two others in an attempt to find a safe place to live. And in this world, after an electromagnetic pulse destroys civilization, some of the people have changed into something not human - something feral and deadly. The future after a world-wide holocaust is not a pretty one. “ And they never spoke to each other again.”
And the first chapter ends with the words:
Alex leaves her home on the North Shore of Chicago, Illinois, and journeys to the Waucamaw Wilderness in Michigan (the west part above Wisconsin).Īfter a phone conversation with her aunt, who has been her guardian since the death of both her parents, Alex hangs up the phone.
Absolutely.ĭuring the first chapter, the reader is grabbed by the neck and shoved face-first into the horrifying, desperate future after a world-wide disaster. After all, finding time to read a 465 page book without stopping might be difficult.īut it’s guaranteed to be worth your while. Bick is a book one should think very carefully about beginning.
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