Beasts

Summary

THE WORLD HAS BEEN OVERRUN BY HITHERTO UNKNOWN BEASTS.

Society has collapsed: the power is gone, cars have been abandoned across the highways, and anyone left is hiding from the terrifying creatures—and each other.

Thirteen-year-old Abdi and his five-year-old sister Alva are on the run. Their last hope is to escape through the forest and to the sea. As they recall the strange events that led to the beasts’ arrival, and how the two of them got to where they were, they must ask themselves who they can trust … and what they will do to survive.

From Norway comes an international hit that is at once shudderingly terrifying and deliciously original.

“Chilling … short chapters and taut prose set a frantic pace. Beasts combines the timelessness of a fairy tale with the stark immediacy of contemporary dystopian fiction.”—Foreword Reviews (starred)