The Wild Dead, Carrie Vaughn
The Wild Dead, Carrie Vaughn
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The Wild Dead

Author: Carrie Vaughn

Narrator: Alyssa Bresnahan

Unabridged: 9 hr 35 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 07/17/2018

Synopsis

Mysteries and murder abound in the sequel to Carrie Vaughn's post-apocalyptic mystery Bannerless. A century after environmental and economic collapse, the people of the Coast Road have rebuilt their own sort of civilization, striving not to make the mistakes their ancestors did. They strictly ration and manage resources, including the ability to have children. Enid of Haven is an investigator, who with her new partner Teeg is called on to mediate a dispute between households over an old building in a far-flung settlement at the edge of Coast Road territory. The investigators' decision seems straightforward-and then the body of a young woman turns up in the nearby marshland. Almost more shocking than that: she's not from the Coast Road, but from one of the outsider camps, belonging to the nomads and wild folk who live outside the Coast Road communities. Now one of them is dead, and Enid wants to find out who killed her, even as Teeg argues that the murder isn't their problem. In a dystopian future of isolated communities, can our moral sense survive the worst hard times?

About Carrie Vaughn

Carrie Vaughn is the author of the New York Times bestselling Kitty Norville series. She also writes the Golden Age superhero series, and other contemporary fantasy stories. She's a contributor to the Wild Cards series of shared world superhero books edited by George R. R. Martin, and her short stories have appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies. Carrie is a graduate of the Odyssey Fantasy Writing Workshop, and in 2011, she was nominated for a Hugo Award for best short story. She lives in Boulder, Colorado, with her fluffy dog.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Bradley on April 09, 2018

No spoilers! But this is a better kind of mystery novel. One that's simultaneously post-apocalyptic SF and a hopeful social experiment and a thoughtful quest to *understand* in the middle of an ongoing pastoral murder investigation. Wait! Isn't this what happened in the previous novel? Well, sure, so......more

Goodreads review by Gary on July 20, 2018

Originally posted at [URL not allowed] The Coast Road is a post-dystopian meritocracy where groups of people form households, and each household must be issued a “banner” in order to have a child. Earning a banner is no easy task: the household must prove itself to be both prod......more

Goodreads review by Justine on July 31, 2019

Written with the same quietly satisfying tone and feel of Bannerless, this follow up book is a solid sequel. I listened to the audiobook, and again, that was a good choice and the narration suited the story very well. I missed having the same amount of flashback backstory as in the first book, but on......more

Goodreads review by 8stitches 9lives on July 15, 2018

I adored "Bannerless" when it came out last July so when this popped up I quickly requested an ARC to read and review. "The Wild Dead" is the second in the exciting Bannerless series, I am not surprised that "Bannerless" won the Philip K. Dick award and predict good things for this sequel. I would s......more

Goodreads review by Dani on July 16, 2018

This review can also be found on the Books, Vertigo & Tea. My Thoughts I actually requested The Wild Dead not realizing it was a sequel. This worked in my favor, however, as I immediately picked up and savored the unique post-apocalyptic mystery that is Bannerless(<– start here). My experience with th......more

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