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Zusatztext Unflinchingly gory and truly insightful! this stand-out tale of humanity vs horror will keep you up all night Informationen zum Autor Elizabeth Knox is one of New Zealand's leading writers. She is the author of ten novels, including The Vintner's Luck (longlisted for the Orange Prize 1999). Elizabeth was made an Arts Foundation Laureate in 2000 and an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2002. She lives in Wellington with her husband and son. Klappentext One sunny spring morning, a small community in New Zealand is suddenly overwhelmed by a temporary deadly insanity. There are fourteen survivors. Trapped inside a 'No-Go', cut off from the outside world, they must pull together, bury the dead, face their fears - and survive. Because whatever caused the madness is still at large. And it is hasn't finished with them yet. Wake is a story of extreme events, ordinary people and invisible monsters. 'Wake is the creepiest book I've ever loved: gorgeous, horrifying and insanely inventive' Laini Taylor, author of Dreams of Gods and Monsters ' Wake reads like a collaboration between Dean Koontz and John Wyndham, rewritten by Margaret Atwood' Guardian 'A triumph all of its own. Knox writes with a rare psychological acuity about humans under pressure in a baffling, intolerable predicament' Financial Times 'What starts off as a horror story builds into a taut, psychological sci-fi thriller that is alive to the troubling questions of what happens to humans when civilisation as they know it disintegrates' Sunday Times ' Wake will haunt your dreams' Sci-Fi Bulletin Vorwort First comes catastrophe. Then comes survival. Atmospheric, gripping, Wake is a chilling tale of horror and survival, by New Zealand's preeminent authors: a compelling story about how people cope when threatened by an invisible monster. Zusammenfassung First comes catastrophe. Then comes survival. Atmospheric, gripping, Wake is a chilling tale of horror and survival, by New Zealand's preeminent authors: a compelling story about how people cope when threatened by an invisible monster....
