The Boy on the Bridge: Booktrack Edition

Name: The Boy on the Bridge: Booktrack Edition
Brand: Hachette Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: M. R. Carey
ISBN: 9781549173721

Author: M. R. Carey

Narrator: Finty Williams

Unabridged: 13 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Orbit

Published: 10/16/2018

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction, Dystopian, Action & Adventure

Synopsis

If you fell in love with Melanie in the million-copy-selling post-apocalyptic phenomenon The Girl With All the Gifts---there's more to the story...
Once upon a time, in a land blighted by terror, there was a very clever boy.

The people thought the boy could save them, so they opened their gates and sent him out into the world.

To where the monsters lived.

*Booktrack editions are essentially a new genre of digital storytelling entertainment. Music and ambient audio are added to complement and enhance the audiobook experience. It is a synchronized movie-style soundtrack that complements the narration of existing audiobooks; the tempo and rhythm of the score harmonize with action, dialogue and the characters' emotional arcs.

About M. R. Carey

M. R. Carey has been making up stories for most of his life. His novel The Girl With All the Gifts has sold over a million copies and became a major motion picture, based on his own BAFTA Award-nominated screenplay. Under the name Mike Carey he has written for both DC and Marvel, including critically acclaimed runs on Lucifer, Hellblazer and X-Men. His creator-owned books regularly appear in the New York Times bestseller list. He also has several previous novels including the Felix Castor series (written as Mike Carey), two radio plays and a number of TV and movie screenplays to his credit.

Reviews

Goodreads review by karen on June 25, 2018

oooh, goodreads choice awards semifinalist for best horror! what will happen? the bleak philosophy of the post-apocalyptic world: …he doesn’t see what’s so great about leaving your mark on things. You have a life and then it ends and you’re dead. Living it is the point, not proving to other people tha......more

Goodreads review by Always on February 16, 2020

Set in the same world as The Girl With All The Gifts, this one follows a group of soldiers and scientists traveling out from London to find anything they can that will help create a cure to the plague. The story is taking place before The Girl With All The Gifts and so a lot of the information t......more

Goodreads review by Miranda on June 18, 2021

The beginning and end - simply stunning. The middle - a giant cesspool of infected matter Thank goodness that the plot holes from the first book (The Girl with All the Gifts) were patched and filled in. And I was delighted that the hopeless-ending from the first book was wrapped up beautifully in thi......more

Goodreads review by بهنام on April 06, 2017

As the translator of the Persian edition, it was an honor to be able to read the proof copy and I enjoyed every word of it. Well, to be honest I was disappointed that I couldn't read more about Melanie, but the cast of characters, if not as diverse as the Girl with All the Gifts (though with more ch......more

Goodreads review by Andrew on May 06, 2024

I really enjoyed The Girl with All the Gifts, I thought it a well thought out and credible ‘end of the world’ yarn. Moreover, it was written in such a way that (if you weren't already aware what it was) the true nature of the story crept up on the reader; at first I didn't know what was going on an......more

Quotes

"Carey writes with compassion and fire - strange and surprising and humane"—Lauren Beukes, author of The Shining Girls

"A terrifying, emotional page-turner that explores what it means to be human."—Kirkus

"Thoughtful and compelling"—RT Book Reviews

"A tense story with superbly rendered characters and the same blend of tragedy and hope."—SciFiNow

"[A] brilliant character study as much as a tense, satisfying post-apocalyptic thriller."—B&N Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog

"The Boy on the Bridge is a careful companion, including thematic parallels that remind us, in sometimes horrific ways, that our actions always have wider consequences than we think."—NPR

"The stakes are higher than ever...action-packed...Fans of Carey and readers of Ben H. Winters or Steven Barnes will enjoy."—Library Journal

"Spectacular!"—Martina Cole, author of Betrayal

"Compelling . . . may leave you feeling shell-shocked."—SFX

"A cast of fascinating characters.... Readers will feel surprisingly welcome in this world."—The Mary Sue