In the “fast-paced, frightening” (The New York Times Book Review) sequel to Bird Box, the inspiration for the record-breaking Netflix film starring Sandra Bullock, bestselling author Josh Malerman brings unseen horrors to life.
NOMINATED FOR THE BRAM STOKER AWARD • “Malorie is even more of a psychological thriller than Bird Box, and all the scarier for it.”—The Wall Street Journal
Twelve years after Malorie and her children rowed up the river to safety, a blindfold is still the only thing that stands between sanity and madness. One glimpse of the creatures that stalk the world will drive a person to unspeakable violence.
There remains no explanation. No solution.
All Malorie can do is survive—and impart her fierce will to do so on her children. Don’t get lazy, she tells them. Don’t take off your blindfold. AND DON’T LOOK.
But then comes what feels like impossible news. And with it, the first time Malorie has allowed herself to hope.
Someone very dear to her, someone she believed dead, may be alive.
Malorie has already lost so much: her sister, a house full of people who meant everything, and any chance at an ordinary life. But getting her life back means returning to a world full of unknowable horrors—and risking the lives of her children again.
Because the creatures are not the only thing Malorie fears: There are the people who claim to have caught and experimented on the creatures. Murmerings of monstrous inventions and dangerous new ideas. And rumors that the creatures themselves have changed into something even more frightening.
Malorie has a harrowing choice to make: to live by the rules of survival that have served her so well, or to venture into the darkness and reach for hope once more.
In the “fast-paced, frightening” (The New York Times Book Review) sequel to Bird Box, the inspiration for the record-breaking Netflix film starring Sandra Bullock, bestselling author Josh Malerman brings unseen horrors to life.
NOMINATED FOR THE BRAM STOKER AWARD • “Malorie is even more of a psychological thriller than Bird Box, and all the scarier for it.”—The Wall Street Journal
Twelve years after Malorie and her children rowed up the river to safety, a blindfold is still the only thing that stands between sanity and madness. One glimpse of the creatures that stalk the world will drive a person to unspeakable violence.
There remains no explanation. No solution.
All Malorie can do is survive—and impart her fierce will to do so on her children. Don’t get lazy, she tells them. Don’t take off your blindfold. AND DON’T LOOK.
But then comes what feels like impossible news. And with it, the first time Malorie has allowed herself to hope.
Someone very dear to her, someone she believed dead, may be alive.
Malorie has already lost so much: her sister, a house full of people who meant everything, and any chance at an ordinary life. But getting her life back means returning to a world full of unknowable horrors—and risking the lives of her children again.
Because the creatures are not the only thing Malorie fears: There are the people who claim to have caught and experimented on the creatures. Murmerings of monstrous inventions and dangerous new ideas. And rumors that the creatures themselves have changed into something even more frightening.
Malorie has a harrowing choice to make: to live by the rules of survival that have served her so well, or to venture into the darkness and reach for hope once more.
Josh Malerman is a New York Times bestselling author and one of two singer/ songwriters for the rock band The High Strung. His debut novel, Bird Box, is the inspiration for the hit Netflix film of the same name. His other novels include Unbury Carol and Inspection. Malerman lives in Michigan with his fiancée, the artist/musician Allison Laakko.
“Utterly compelling . . . Malerman balances the novel’s various
elements—family drama, road novel, supernatural thriller—with skill
and genuine compassion for his characters and their blighted
lives.” —The Washington Post
“[An] epic journey”—Entertainment Weekly
“Scarily prescient . . . Malorie amplifies the fears of Bird Box
tenfold.”—SyFy Wire
“Malerman’s narrative matches the twists and tension of the first
novel, and readers are likely to leave this book sufficiently
shaken. The popularity of Bird Box and the ubiquity of the 2018
Netflix adaptation all but guarantee high demand for this
outstanding second foray into monsters and madness.”—Booklist
(Starred Review)
“Essential worldbuilding is seamlessly interwoven in a narrative
paired with enlightening flashbacks into Malorie’s childhood,
making this a solid stand-alone. Malerman will no doubt add to his
legions of fans with this title ripe for readers of any genre
seeking an intensely thrilling ride.”—Library Journal
“You know how you sometimes begin a series on Netflix and you tell
yourself ‘I’m just going to watch one episode’ but ten hours later
you’ve binged the entire series because the story is so
relentlessly compelling? This is the book version of that
experience. Not only did I read this book in one sitting, it still
haunts me, swirling in my imagination even as I write this.”—Jamie
Ford, New York Times bestselling author of Hotel on the Corner of
Bitter and Sweet
“Malerman is one of the most intelligent writers of horror fiction
working today. His books approach literary fiction, and each feels
like an instant classic.”—Bookreporter
“Once Malerman hits the gas you better hang on tight, because he
doesn’t let up until the stunning finish.”—Philip Fracassi, author
of Behold the Void
“Malerman masterfully evokes apocalyptic horrors via understatement
and suggestion while facilitating suspension of disbelief through
nuanced characterization and thoughtful worldbuilding.”—Publishers
Weekly (starred review)
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