The Nothing Within

Root is…different.

Cen­turies after the Reck­on­ing, a glob­al biotech plague, sav­age chimeras still threat­en human survival.

Though raised in a fear­ful soci­ety that reveres tra­di­tion and con­for­mi­ty, Root is irrev­er­ent, out­spo­ken, and deeply curi­ous. Her blind­ness sets her even fur­ther apart. After she hears a voice that no one else can hear, she flees into the wilder­ness. Out­cast and hunt­ed, she must con­front a dire threat to her people—and unrav­el the mys­tery of who she real­ly is.

In this “mag­i­cal, ter­ri­fy­ing, and whim­si­cal debut” (Pub­lish­ers Week­ly starred review), a biotech plague rever­ber­ates in Ohio Amish coun­try long after the near-extinc­tion of humankind. A young woman must try to save what remains of the human race. “Crafty sur­pris­es abound” (Kirkus Reviews) in this end-of-the-world adven­ture that’s “noth­ing short of a sto­ry­telling mas­ter­work.” (BlueInk Review in Booklist)