The Wolves of Winter - Tapa dura

An Indie Next Selection
A BookNet Canada Loan Stars Pick
A PopSugar "Best New Book of Winter"
A Vogue.com Winter Reading Selection

"Exciting, fast paced...The novel is full of action, suspense, and plot twists as the resilient characters fight for survival in a harsh winter wilderness."
--Publishers Weekly

"A cracking futuristic adventure, told with pace and panache and packed with vivid, shiver-inducing description."
--The Daily Mail (UK)

"[A] thrilling, post-apocalyptic debut."
--PopSugar

"For fans of postapocalyptic stories like Station Eleven, this is the next book you won't be able to put down."
--Bookstr

"Intriguing...This dystopian thriller feels a little too possible."
--Elle (CA)

"Deeply satisfying."
--The Guardian

"A very strong debut... Johnson has created a fascinating universe rich with intriguing characters."
--The Real Book Spy

"[Contains] elements of Cormac McCarthy's The Road and TV's 'The Walking Dead..".stylishly written...Johnson's outdoor adventure novel is lifted by his command of natural settings and his understanding of family bonding under extreme duress."
--Kirkus Reviews

"Graceful and visually evocative."
--Booklist

A captivating tale of humanity pushed beyond its breaking point, of family and bonds of love forged when everything is lost, and of a heroic young woman who crosses a frozen landscape to find her destiny. This debut novel is written in a post-apocalyptic tradition that spans The Hunger Games and Station Eleven but blazes its own distinctive path.

Forget the old days. Forget summer. Forget warmth. Forget anything that doesn’t help you survive in the endless white wilderness beyond the edges of a fallen world.

Lynn McBride has learned much since society collapsed in the face of nuclear war and the relentless spread of disease. As the memories of her old life continue to haunt, she’s forced to forge ahead in the snow-drifted Canadian Yukon, learning how to hunt and trap and slaughter.

Shadows of the world before have found her tiny community—most prominently in the enigmatic figure of Jax, who brings with him dark secrets of the past and sets in motion a chain of events that will call Lynn to a role she never imagined.

Simultaneously a heartbreakingly sympathetic portrait of a young woman searching for the answer to who she is meant to be and a frightening vision of a merciless new world in which desperation rules, The Wolves of Winter is enveloping, propulsive, and poignant.