Yorick Brown and his capuchin monkey, Ampersand, continue their trek across a world where a sudden plague has killed every biological male on Earth. In this collection, the duo travels through a destabilized American landscape alongside Agent 355 and Dr. Allison Mann. They encounter a community of female prisoners who have seized control of a town, face off against the radicalized Daughters of the Amazon, and search for Dr. Mann’s mobile laboratory. The narrative focuses on the logistical collapse of infrastructure and the shifting power dynamics within new social hierarchies.
Readers of post-apocalyptic fiction and social commentary value this volume for its logistical look at a gender-segregated world. It appeals to those interested in political science and speculative sociology. The reader learns how specific systems, from international diplomacy to local waste management, fail or adapt when a population is halved overnight. It provides a detailed look at the tension between survival and the preservation of historical institutions under extreme biological pressure.
- Published
- 2009
- Language
- EN
