The book of Joan / Lidia Yuknavitch.

Yuknavitch, Lidia, author

Edinburgh : Canongate, 2019.

266 pages ; 20 cm

Originally published: New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2017.
Includes bibliographical references.

In the near future, world wars have transformed the earth into a battleground. Fleeing the unending violence and the planet's now-radioactive surface, humans have regrouped to a mysterious platform known as CIEL, hovering over their erstwhile home. The changed world has turned evolution on its head: the surviving humans have become sexless, hairless, pale-white creatures floating in isolation, inscribing stories upon their skin. Out of the ranks of the endless wars rises Jean de Men, a charismatic and bloodthirsty cult leader who turns CIEL into a quasi-corporate police state. A group of rebels unite to dismantle his iron rule - galvanised by the heroic song of Joan, a child-warrior who possesses a mysterious force that lives within her.

9781786892423 (pbk)

813.6

English

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