![]() Readers meet Andrew and Jamie, two teens struggling to survive in this brutal new world, living in fear of not just the virus, but of other people. Set in a future not too far away, a deadly disease has killed off almost the entirety of the planet. Written long before the very non-fictional pandemic spread across our world, “All That’s Left in the World” was acquired by Balzer + Bray (an imprint of HarperCollins) in 2020 and published just this month. ![]() ![]() Airy, fussing over his potentially haunted house with his husband. Brown enjoys spending his non-writing days at his home in Mt. Photo: Jennifer Buhl.Ī local real estate agent and Temple grad, Erik J. Because while “All That’s Left in the World” is a novel about the end of the world, it’s also a glorious story about new beginnings and finding hope. And one of the reasons you’ll love Erik J. That’s one of the many reasons we’re drawn to stories about the end. John Mandel’s acclaimed “Station Eleven” to local author Chuck Wendig’s epic “Wanderers,” stories set when the world is crumbling apart often allow us to see humanity at its best … even while facing down the worst. How can reading about the end of mankind feel like a snuggly blanket? Well, from novels like Emily St. When it comes to reading about the end of the world, whether we’re in a dystopia, a post-apocalyptic setting or in the pre-apocalypse, there can be something so wildly comforting to be found there, when it’s done well. ![]()
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