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Paperback. Condición: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condición: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condición: Good. Good condition. Minor Wear. Inscription on Title Page. Tight Binding!

Condición: good. This book is in good condition with very minimal damage. This is an ex-library book with stickers and markings. Pages may have minimal notes or highlighting. Cover image on the book may vary from photo. Ships out quickly in a secure plastic mailer.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Soft cover. Condición: Fair. 3rd Edition. Visible wear, aging to paper, text block clear and binding good. WR.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 2nd Edition. Second Edition. Dust jacket has tape and slight rubbing and soiling; Very Good condition. Some pencil notes on pages, but clean and square overall. Very Good condition.

Hardcover. Condición: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condición: Fair. Cannot be expedited or shipped internationally. The dust jacket is missing. The boards are smudged and worn. The outer edges are stained. The pages are lightly tanned due to age. The pages of this book are clean and unmarked. FAST SHIPPING & FREE TRACKING!

Hard cover. Condición: Very good. No dust jacket. EB 13.

Hardcover. Condición: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed.

Hardcover. 8vo. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. 1st edition. This assumed first edition (no other dates listed) is in English and German and has boards bound in tan, lightly foxed cloth with straight edges and pointed corners. Spine is uncreased with lightly wrinkled edges with bold lettering. Text block is canted. Binding is tight. 347p. Previous owners information is present in black marker on upper edge of front fly leaf. Interior has some penciled notations present through out some of the first few pages. Contents remains legible with crisp pages. Dust Jacket is unclipped with moderate handling and shelving wear. Edges are creased with tears present along top and bottom edges. Trivial markings on front and back covers. Overall remains a good legible copy.

Paperback / softback. Condición: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. It has been almost 50 years since the planet was nearly rid of humans. Wildlife grows without restraint, erasing the metal and concrete structures left behind. Even where industrialization was most prominent, trees and grassland are aggressively reclaiming their land; Earth is pulling away the scab of human civilization. A young woman named Calypso leads a team of Scavengers beyond the walls of Brighton, the last human colony. Her goal is to find medical supplies, necessary to preserve humanity's future. It is a dangerous journey few have the training, ability, or psychological threshold to carry out. The team's journey involves days of travel through infested city ruins, something even the most battle-hardened survivors are unwilling to do. Entering The Wild means facing Puppets, creatures which nearly exterminated humans and are now the predominant species. They are human bodies being controlled by an alien parasite, turning them to feral, ravenous creatures driven only to consume and replicate. Everyone on Calypso's team has been trained to kill these monsters from the moment they could hold a weapon. They have learned to never underestimate the alien monsters, as any mistake can bring death. But a short ways into the scavenge, the team discovers that Puppets are mutating, making them more apt predators now than ever before. Though the journey now borders on impossibility, Calypso pushes ahead, as failure by her team could mean the end of humanity. [Note from the author] Year 50 was originally written as a zombie-adventure, out of love for the genre. However, there were some issues that have always been problematic for me. Most notably, the implausibility of zombies. Granted, they are fictional creatures that cannot be taken in complete seriousness; but between rigor mortis, decomposition, consumption by scavenging animals/insects, and the general ineffectiveness of the monsters, it seems impossible that a zombie outbreak would last more than 24 hours. As such, I modified the concept to create Puppets (human bodies being controlled by an alien parasite), which nullify these problems. This concept is fantastic and supernatural as well, but can operate with science and logic remaining intact. Zombie stories often deal with the initial outbreak, typically involving people focused on what the world used to be like and their ability to adapt and change. This issue is not as problematic for me as it is overdone. I am more interested in what would happen later, to people who would be born into this new world. As the title implies, Year 50 takes place 49 years after the outbreak itself, providing characters adapted to a world where zombie-like creatures are commonplace. There is no old world to remember, as they know nothing of it. As such, Year 50 is not a horror story, as monsters are a part of everyday life. Though Year 50 was written initially as a zombie story, it became more about the post-apocalyptic culture that humans would form. My studies in evolutionary biology and cultural psychology proving as useful as any English class I have taken. So while the story deals with fantastic, fictional creatures, everything in the world follows a realistic path of scientific and cultural progression. The primary characters in Year 50 are intelligent to the level of present-day geniuses, athletic to the level of Olympic athletes, and resilient to the level of battle-hardened soldiers; in all cases, because they have to be. People lacking in any of these categories have been killed off. Year 50 is ultimately for people who love post-apocalyptic science-fiction and/or zombie-driven adventure. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condición: new. Burfeind, Jeff; Duncan, Tiffany Ilustrador. Paperback. "On the fringe of extinction, it will take bravery to persevere. Year 50 is a science fiction novel set in a future where humanity is nearly extinct, and the last human colony is struggling to survive against the combined cruelty of nature and an alien species. Calypso has been raised from her young life to fight them, and it's now on her to save her colony by finding the medicine they need. Year 50 is a riveting novel that should prove hard to put down." -Michael Dunford, Midwest Book Review This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.