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After a fever decimates the world’s women and children, leaving childbirth a lethal risk, a midwife navigates the ruins of her former civilization. Alone among the few survivors, she disguises herself as a man to escape male warlords seeking control of the remaining population. In this bleak new order, she realizes her mission extends beyond personal survival: she must guide the remnants of humanity toward renewal, becoming a symbolic catalyst for the rebuilding of society.
First publish date: 2014
Genre: Dystopian & Apocalyptic Fiction/Dystopian Fiction
Authors: Meg Elison
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