The Office of Mercy
Author: Djanikian, Ariel
ISBN: 9780143124375
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Year first published: 28 Jan 2014
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback / softback
A thrilling, post-apocalyptic novel that weaves philosophy and science into a page-turning, dystopian story of love and adventure.BR>BR>b>"A cool and compelling" (i>Flavorwire/i>) debut of a new postapocalyptic world for fans of i>The Hunger Games/i>/b>br>p>On the screen and on the page, dystopian fantasies have captivated the public imagination. In i>The Office of Mercy,/i> debut novelist Ariel Djanikian has conceived a chilling, post-apocalyptic page-turner that has earned her glowing comparisons to George Orwell and Suzanne Collins./p>p>In America-Five, there is no suffering, hunger, or inequality. Its citizens inhabit a high-tech Utopia established after a global catastrophe known as the Storm radically altered the planet. Twenty-four-year-old Natasha Wiley works in the Office of Mercy, tasked with humanely terminating-or "sweeping"-the nomadic Storm survivors who live Outside. But after she joins a select team and ventures Outside for the first time, Natasha slowly unravels the mysteries surrounding the Storm-and the secretive elders who run America-Five./p>
ISBN: 9780143124375
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Year first published: 28 Jan 2014
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback / softback
A thrilling, post-apocalyptic novel that weaves philosophy and science into a page-turning, dystopian story of love and adventure.BR>BR>b>"A cool and compelling" (i>Flavorwire/i>) debut of a new postapocalyptic world for fans of i>The Hunger Games/i>/b>br>p>On the screen and on the page, dystopian fantasies have captivated the public imagination. In i>The Office of Mercy,/i> debut novelist Ariel Djanikian has conceived a chilling, post-apocalyptic page-turner that has earned her glowing comparisons to George Orwell and Suzanne Collins./p>p>In America-Five, there is no suffering, hunger, or inequality. Its citizens inhabit a high-tech Utopia established after a global catastrophe known as the Storm radically altered the planet. Twenty-four-year-old Natasha Wiley works in the Office of Mercy, tasked with humanely terminating-or "sweeping"-the nomadic Storm survivors who live Outside. But after she joins a select team and ventures Outside for the first time, Natasha slowly unravels the mysteries surrounding the Storm-and the secretive elders who run America-Five./p>
