The Ship - Softcover

Honeywell, Antonia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1780227345 ISBN 13: 9781780227344

Publisher: W&N, 2016

Synopsis

Welcome to London, but not as you know it. Oxford Street burned for three weeks; Regent's Park has been bombed; the British Museum is occupied by those with nowhere else to go.

Lalla has grown up sheltered from the chaos, but now she's sixteen, her father decides it's time to use their escape route - a ship big enough to save five hundred people. Once on board, as day follows identical day, Lalla's unease grows. Where are they going? What does her father really want? What is the price of salvation?

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Review:

Honeywell's debut is ambitious and well written and provides endless possibilities for debate. (THE GUARDIAN)

The Hunger Games meets the London riots on board Noah's Ark 20 years from now, but don't underestimate its originality. Read it and be challenged. (Fiona Wilson THE TIMES)

Addictive and thought-provoking (ELLE)

As engrossing as it is chilling, this potent first novel fuses an apocalyptic coming-of-age story with a fierce interrogation of what it means to be truly alive (Hepzibah Anderson DAILY MAIL)

An ambitious debut that takes the tale of the Ark and updates it for a world bedevilled by global warming . . . will send shivers up your spine. (Erica Wagner HARPER'S BAZAAR)

A beautiful futuristic fable with huge power to haunt and disturb (M. R. Carey, author of The Girl with All the Gifts)

The Ship is tense, engaging and emotionally charged: I devoured this novel (Helen Dunmore)

An outstanding read from a strikingly original new talent. The Ship takes us on a luxury voyage into the future with a chosen elite - but the passengers don't know where they're going, and there's a dissenter on board. A brilliant, disturbing book that makes you question everything about the way we live now. (Maggie Gee)

It's haunted me since I finished it. (RICHARD EYRE)

'A hugely gripping depiction of a future world, The Ship is all the more chilling for its sense of authenticity. Honeywell has written a story that will make you question the value we place on love and freedom and what we'd be willing to sacrifice for those precious commodities ourselves. I couldn't put it down' (Kerry Hudson, author of Thirst)

Book Description:

'THE HUNGER GAMES meets the London riots on board Noah's Ark' THE TIMES Includes reading group notes and a fascinating glimpse into Lalla's childhood in the short story prequel 'The Time Being'.

About this edition

• Publisher: W&N
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1780227345
• ISBN 13: 9781780227344
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352