The Wolves of Winter - Softcover

Johnson, Tyrell

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1501155687 ISBN 13: 9781501155680

Publisher: Scribner, 2018

Synopsis

A post-apocalyptic debut novel in a tradition that includes The Hunger Games and Station Eleven, this vision of a possible future shows humanity pushed beyond its breaking point, the forging of vital bonds when everything is lost, and, most centrally, a heroic young woman who crosses a frozen landscape to find her destiny.

Lynn McBride has learned much since society collapsed in the face of nuclear war and the relentless spread of disease. As the memories of her old life continue to surface, she's forced to forge ahead in the snow-drifted Canadian Yukon, learning how to hunt and trap and slaughter. Forget the old days. Forget summer. Forget warmth. Forget anything that doesn't help you survive in the endless white wilderness beyond the edges of a fallen world.

Shadows of the world before have found her tiny community--most prominently in the enigmatic figure of Jax, who brings with him dark secrets of the past and sets in motion a chain of events that will call Lynn to a role she never imagined.

"With elements of Cormac McCarthy's The Road and TV's The Walking Dead, (Kirkus Reviews) The Wolves of Winter is both a heartbreaking, sympathetic portrait of a young woman searching for the answer to who she's meant to be and a frightening vision of a merciless new world in which desperation rules. It is enthralling, propulsive, and poignant.

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Review:

"Exciting, fast paced...The novel is full of action, suspense, and plot twists as the resilient characters fight for survival in a harsh winter wilderness."
--Publishers Weekly

"[A] thrilling, post-apocalyptic debut."
--PopSugar

"Intriguing...This dystopian thriller feels a little too possible."
--Elle (CA)

"Deeply satisfying."
--The Guardian

"Graceful and visually evocative."
--Booklist

"A stylish post-apocalyptic, coming-of-age thriller.... Fans of The Walking Dead and The Hunger Games will love this engrossing page turner."
--BookRiot (UK)

"Great absorbing fiction."
--Blake Crouch, author of the New York Times bestselling Dark Matter

"Here is prose that demands to be read. Read it."
--Jill Alexander Essbaum, New York Times bestselling author of Hausfrau

"Visceral and consuming, The Wolves of Winter depicts a frigid dystopian future where compassion has become the ultimate luxury."
--Claire Vaye Watkins, author of Gold Fame Citrus and Battleborn

An Indie Next Selection
A BookNet Canada Loan Stars Pick
A PopSugar "Best New Book of Winter"
A Vogue.com Winter Reading Selection

About the Author:

Tyrell Johnson is a twenty-nine-year-old writer and editor who grew up in Bellingham, Washington. He received his MFA from the University of California, Riverside, where he studied fiction and poetry. An avid outdoorsman, he currently lives in Kelowna, British Columbia, northeast of Vancouver with his wife, two kids, and a Siberian husky. The Wolves of Winter is his first novel.

About this edition

• Publisher: Scribner
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1501155687
• ISBN 13: 9781501155680
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320