In a near-future setting, a biological phenomenon known as Aurora affects every woman on Earth. When they fall asleep, they become shrouded in sticky, cocoon-like gauze. If the cocoons are breached or the women are startled awake, they become lethally violent. While the world’s men descend into chaos and factional warfare, the sleeping women awake in a parallel reality called Our Place, a pastoral community free of male aggression. The story centers on a women's prison in Dooling, West Virginia, where an inmate named Evie Black appears immune to the sleeping sickness. The town’s sheriff and the prison's doctor must decide whether to protect Evie or sacrifice her to the angry mob of men gathered outside.
This book serves readers who enjoy speculative horror centered on gender dynamics and societal collapse. It attracts those interested in how civilization functions when half the population vanishes. Readers walk away with a specific vision of a matriarchal utopia contrasted against a visceral depiction of male isolation and toxic group behavior. It provides an assessment of whether humanity can maintain order without the balancing influence of both sexes, leaving the audience to consider if a separated world is ultimately more peaceful or fundamentally broken.
- Published
- 2014
- Language
- EN
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