Needless to say, the crew is far from leading an idyllic life, with politics, secrets and lies being the order of the day. Their goal is simple: to collect tissue from the infected all over and try to come up with a cure. Though it is the second entry in the series, it takes place some twenty years before the first book, which is to say, ten years after the apocalypse which wiped out most of the Earth, turning countless people into zombies.įew survivors remain, and one such group consists of twelve military personnel and scientists aboard the Rosalind Franklin, a hybrid between a tank, laboratory and recreational vehicle. Many writers have found inspiration in these times to come up with their own depictions of a desolate planet, and Mike Carey is, in my opinion, creating one of the more interesting and compelling worlds with the second novel in the Hunger Plague Series, titled The Boy on the Bridge. Weapons of mass destruction and biological warfare should be enough to make everyone realize we are indeed a bit closer to this scenario than we'd like to admit, to the point where it's theoretically feasible. Now more than ever, apocalyptic fiction has a very good reason for existing and being popular, and I'm not simply talking about the pandemic. Mike Carey Pushes the Remnants to the Brink This time around, we're following a clever boy who journeys on the quest for a cure in a post-apocalyptic land devastated by a plague where humanity only hangs by a thread and monsters are roaming the wilds.

Mike Carey is working hard to establish the mythos of the Hungry Plague Series, with the second book, titled The Boy on the Bridge, telling a standalone story set in the same common universe.

The Boy on the Bridge by M.R. Carey