![]() ![]() A funny, smart and wonderfully British take on dystopia that will leave readers eager for the next installment of Ruby's story. The result is an original, offbeat and very entertaining novel, full of humour as well as fear and suspense, which instead of offering us the usual noble and wise young heroine, places a sometimes irritating, sometimes loveable, but always believable teen at its centre. Told in Ruby's chatty, irreverent voice, The Rain sets aside the usual conventions of YA dystopia, and instead reads as though one of Louise Rennison's teen heroines has stumbled into a post-apocalyptic narrative. And so Ruby sets out on a desperate and dangerous journey… ![]() Ruby's old neighbourhood has transformed into a landscape of horror and desolation her mother, stepfather and baby brother are gone and all that's left for her is to get to London to try and find her father. Now, just two weeks later, everything is different. Even a single drop is enough to infect your blood and eat you from the inside out. There's something terrible in the rain - the water will infect you if you drink it or let it touch your skin. It has started to rain - but this is no ordinary summer storm. The next moment, she's being bundled inside by her friend's parents. When she realizes what is going on - the army is trying to find a cure by experimenting on. Being forced to live with Darius Spratt is bad enough, but if Ruby wants to stay she must keep her eyes - and her mouth shut. One minute, Ruby is having an incredible time (and her first proper snog) at her friend's house party. When a chance encounter lands her back in the army camp, Ruby thinks she is safe - at a price. ![]()
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