Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
They call him Dog.
Enoch is a teenage boy growing up in a rundown orphanage in Georgia during the 1980s. Abandoned from the moment they were born, Enoch and his friends are different. People in the nearby town whisper that the children from the orphanage are monsters.
The orphanage is not a happy home. Brutal teachers, farm labor, and communal living in a crumbling plantation house are Enoch's standard day to day. But he dreams of growing up to live among the normals as a respected man. He believes in a world less cruel, one where he can be loved.
One night, Enoch and his friends share a campfire with a group of normal kids. As mutual fears subside, friendships form, and living together doesn't seem so out of reach.
But then a body is found, and it may be the spark that ignites revolution.
Synopsis
A startlingly unique and powerfully affecting novel from a remarkable up-and-coming voice in speculative fiction. It is the story of a lost generation and a boy who just wants to be one of us.
They call it the plagueA generation of children born with extreme genetic mutations
They call it a homeBut it's a place of neglect and forced labour
They call him DogBut Enoch is just a boy who wants to be normal
They call them freaksThey might be right
Synopsis
In this dark, coming-of-age tale, a group of teenagers fight for their place in a world that shuns and scorns their existence. Read the novel Claire North calls "The Girl with All the Gifts meets To Kill a Mockingbird."
They call it the plagueA generation of children born with extreme genetic mutations
They call it a homeBut it's a place of neglect and forced labour
They call him DogBut Enoch is just a boy who wants to be "normal"
They call the children dangerousThey might be right
Synopsis
A startlingly remarkable novel set in 1984 where a group of teenagers begin to discover powerful secrets about themselves, and learn that the only way to create their own future is to break away from previous generations.
They call it the plagueA generation of children born with extreme genetic mutations.
They call it a homeBut it's a place of neglect and forced labour.
They call him a FreakBut Dog is just a boy who wants to be treated as normal.
They call them dangerousThey might be right.
Synopsis
Known as "the plague generation" a group of teenagers begin to discover their hidden powers in this shocking post-apocalyptic coming of age story set in 1984.
"This is not a kind book, or a gentle book, or a book that pulls its punches. But it's a powerful book, and it will change you." - Seanan McGuire
They've called him a monster from the day he was born.
Abandoned by his family, Enoch Bryant now lives in a rundown orphanage with other teenagers just like him. He loves his friends, even if the teachers are terrified of them. They're members of the rising plague generation. Each bearing their own extreme genetic mutation.
The people in the nearby town hate Enoch, but he doesn't know why. He's never harmed anyone. Works hard and doesn't make trouble. He believes one day he'll be a respected man.
But hatred dies hard. The tension between Enoch's world and those of the "normal" townspeople is ready to burst. And when a body is found, it may be the spark that ignites a horrifying revolution.