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The Boy on the Bridge

The Boy on the Bridge

by M. R. Carey

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appears in Zombie, Science Fiction, and Science.

One exceptional boy journeys into the ashes of society to find the cure for a devastating plague in this riveting postapocalyptic standalone set in the same world as the USA Todaybestselling The Girl With All the Gifts.Once upon a time, in a land blighted by terror, there was a very clever boy. The people thought the boy could save them, so they ...

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appears in Zombie, Science Fiction, and Science.

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