In this profound ecological fable, a mysterious plague has destroyed the vast majority of the human race. Isherwood Williams, one of the few survivors, returns from a wilderness field trip to discover that civilization has vanished during his absence.
Eventually he returns to San Francisco and encounters a female survivor who becomes his wife. Around them and their children a small community develops, living like their pioneer ancestors, but rebuilding civilization is beyond their resources, and gradually they return to a simpler way of life.
A poignant novel about finding a new normal after the upheaval of a global crisis.
| ISBN: | 9781857988215 |
| Publication date: | 10th June 1999 |
| Author: | George R Stewart |
| Publisher: | Gollancz an imprint of Orion |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 312 pages |
| Series: | SF Masterworks |
| Genres: |
Science Fiction |