The Year of the Flood

From the Booker Prize-winning author of Oryx and Crake, the first book in the MaddAddam trilogy, and The Handmaid's Tale. Internationally recognized as one of the best books of the year by, among others, The Globe and Mail, The New York Times, The New Yorker, and The Village Voice

In a world driven by dark, corrupt corporations and the uncontrolled development of new gene-spliced life forms, an artificial pandemic occurs, wiping out human life. Two people unexpectedly discover they have survived: Ren, a young dancer locked away in the upscale sex club Scales and Tails (the cleanest dirty girls in town), and the lonely, determined Toby, who has barricaded himself in a luxurious spa, watching and waiting. The women must decide their next move—they can't stay hidden forever. But is anyone else out there?