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The End of the World Survivors Club

A post-apocalyptic thriller and sequel to Radio 2 Bookclub bestseller, The End of the World Running Club, for fans of Andy Weir's The Martian and Joe Hill's The Fireman.

Adrian J Walker had done it again, crafting a book which is possibly even more of an irresistible page-turner than his previous effort...a thrilling, propulsive read which quickly sheds its edgy, unnerving slowburn opener to develop into a balls-to-the-wall action adventure. Genuinely unputdownable, this is a book that sinks its claws into your imagination and your sense of adventure and won’t let go until the final page. Massively enjoyable.

Adrian J Walker was born in the bush suburbs of Sydney, Australia in the mid '70s. After his father found a camper van in a ditch, he renovated it and moved his family back to the UK, where Adrian was raised. 
 
Ever since he can remember, Adrian has been interested in three things: words, music and technology, and when he graduated from the University of Leeds, he found a career in software. His novel The End of the World Running Club, a post-apocalyptic running fable about hope, love and endurance, was a Simon Mayo Radio 2 book club choice. 
 
He lives in Aberdeen with his wife and two children. To find out more visit: http://www.adrianjwalker.com/

In THE END OF THE WORLD RUNNING CLUB Edgar Hill ran 550 miles after an apocalypse to try and find his family. 
 
He had it easy. 
 
This is his wife’s story. 
 
Beth Hill has survived the apocalypse with a baby and toddler in tow. And what’s more she’s done it alone - without her husband’s help. He’s never been any help. But when disaster strikes and someone steals her kids, she knows what she has to do. 
 
The new world might be very different: no government, no law, no infrastructure and a whole lot more ocean than there used to be. But one thing hasn’t changed - the lengths a mother will go to save her family...

The Last Dog on Earth

A daring and original survival thriller, narrated by man's best friend

Very few dystopian novels push through to the horrors explored here. Fewer still reach these heights of lyricism, humour and decency

Every dog has its day… 
 
And for Lineker, a happy go lucky mongrel from Peckham, the day the world ends is his: finally a chance to prove to his owner just how loyal he can be. 
 
Reg, an agoraphobic writer with an obsession for nineties football, plans to wait out the impending doom in his second floor flat, hiding himself away from the riots outside. 
 
But when an abandoned orphan shows up in the stairwell of their building, Reg and Lineker must brave the outside in order to save not only the child, but themselves…

The ultimate race against time post-apocalyptic thriller

The End of the World Running Club

The Number One Bestseller and featured on Simon Mayo's Radio 2 Book Club

Ridiculously gripping straight from the start

Will thrill and delight ... a terrifically well-observed, haunting and occasionally harrowing read

This is an uplifting, exciting and often humorous yarn about camaraderie, endurance and redemption. Throughout, Walker nicely evokes the agony and exhilaration of distance running.

... what sets this novel apart is Walker's extraordinary emotional articulacy

A page-turning thriller with a pace as relentless as the characters' feet hitting the pavement. A deft look into the mind of a man who needs the near-destruction of the world to show him what truly matters

A really fun, engaging, exciting, and compassionate take on a familiar scenario: the apocalypse ... Highly recommended

a book that you won’t ever want to reach the final page of. All good things must come to an end but Walker’s tale of courage and fortitude will linger on

This is a wonderful book. The author brings an almost cozy domesticity to the end of the world, as his protagonist struggles to come to terms with what it means to be a husband and a father as the world falls apart around him. The central journey is a glorious roar of defiance against the brutality of a broken world and a shattered society, woven together with a lament for things lost and things left undone and unsaid. Adrian Walker breaks your heart in unexpected ways, and leaves you with a sense of stories still to be told. An end-of-the-world tale that is anything but an ending

A fresh and frighteningly real take on what "the end" might be . . . quite an exciting and nerve-wracking ‘run’, with characters you believe in and feel for.

New York Times bestselling author Robert McCammon

A powerful post-apocalyptic thriller, perfect for fans of The End of the F*cking World. 
'A real find' STEPHEN KING 
 
When the world ends and you find yourself stranded on the wrong side of the country, every second counts. 
 
No one knows this more than Edgar Hill. 550 miles away from his family, he must push himself to the very limit to get back to them, or risk losing them forever... 
 
His best option is to run. 
But what if your best isn’t good enough? 
 
The Number One race-against-time bestseller as featured on Simon Mayo’s Radio 2 Book Club 
 
*The sequel, The Survivors’ Club, is now available to pre-order* 
 
What readers are saying - over 350 5* reader reviews: 
 
‘Difficult to put down and impossible to forget’ 
 
‘A real page turner’ 
 
‘An absolute joy of a read’ 
 
‘Gripping and entertaining all the way through’ 
 
‘Exciting right from the beginning and it left me wanting more’ 
 
‘This book gets better with every page turn’

Adrian J. Walker

Alison O'Donnell

500 YEARS IN THE FUTURE, EARTH IS NO LONGER POPULATED BY HUMANS. 
 
The new guardians of Earth, the genetically engineered Erta, have reversed climate change. They are now faced with a dilemma; if they reintroduce the rebellious and violent Homo Sapiens, all of their work will be undone. 
 
They decide to raise one final child; a sole human to help decide if humanity should again inherit the Earth. 
 
But the quiet and clinical Ima finds that there is more to raising a human than she had expected; and there is more to humanity's history than she has been told.

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