{"product_id":"last-ones-left-alive-9781250235237","title":"Last Ones Left Alive","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Combines the spare poetry of \u003ci\u003eThe Road\u003c\/i\u003e with the dizzying pace of \u003ci\u003e28 Days Later.\u003c\/i\u003e\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--\u003c\/i\u003eJennie Melamed, author \u003ci\u003eGather the Daughters\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A riveting novel.\" \u003ci\u003e--\u003c\/i\u003eEowyn Ivey, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Snow Child\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRemember your just-in-cases. Beware tall buildings. Always have your knives.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRaised in isolation by her mother and Maeve on a small island off the coast of a post-apocalyptic Ireland, Orpen's life has revolved around training to fight a threat she's never seen. More and more she feels the call of the mainland, and the prospect of finding other survivors. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut that is where danger lies, too, in the form of the flesh-eating menace known as the skrake. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThen disaster strikes. Alone, pushing an unconscious Maeve in a wheelbarrow, Orpen decides her last hope is abandoning the safety of the island and journeying across the country to reach the legendary banshees, the rumored all-female fighting force that battles the skrake. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut the skrake are not the only threat... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSarah Davis-Goff's \u003ci\u003eLast Ones Left Alive\u003c\/i\u003e is a brilliantly original imagining of a young woman's journey to discover her true identity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSarah Davis-Goff's\u003c\/b\u003e writing has been published in the \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLitHub\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eLast Ones Left Alive \u003c\/i\u003eis her debut novel. She was born and lives in Dublin.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Flatiron Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50726373622034,"sku":"9781250235237","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_891a1510-7920-4404-aab0-a4acececfb50.jpg?v=1734865408","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/last-ones-left-alive-9781250235237","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}