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Sixty years after a virus devastated the male population, Earth has evolved into a matriarchal society that prizes peace, ecological stewardship, and collective healing. In this transformed world, women have forged a life that is seemingly stable and prosperous. Yet for boys, the terrain is still rough.
For fourteen‑year‑old River, the story begins with a simple, almost naïve belief that all men are extinct. Her world is turned on its head when she meets Mason, a boy who challenges her assumptions and introduces her to the nuanced realities of gender and identity that have persisted beneath the surface of this new order.
First publish date: 2017
Genre: Young Adult Fiction/YA Science Fiction
Authors: Virginia Bergin (author)
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