In the Drift
Michael Swanwick
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Description
The “shocking [and] powerful” classic of postapocalyptic terror by the Nebula Award–winning author of The Iron Dragon’s Daughter (New York Daily News).
It’s been one hundred years since Three Mile Island went into full meltdown, filling the atmosphere with a radioactive poison that would contaminate the skies for hundreds of generations. Since then, the area around the island—now known as the Drift—has been a wasteland of disease and deformity, madness and monsters. It’s been one hundred years since humanity knew what order and hope were.
The Drift has a law unto itself—one of vampires and mutants and outcasts left to struggle for daily survival. Within its bounds, the simplest act—even asking the wrong questions—can mean death. Or worse.
Praised by George R. R. Martin as “a potent new myth from the reality of radioactive waste,” In the Drift is an inventive and unsettling look at the lives of those who are left to deal with the fallout of a nuclear disaster—a towering work of postapocalyptic fiction that provokes conversation and consideration even as it produces nightmares.
It’s been one hundred years since Three Mile Island went into full meltdown, filling the atmosphere with a radioactive poison that would contaminate the skies for hundreds of generations. Since then, the area around the island—now known as the Drift—has been a wasteland of disease and deformity, madness and monsters. It’s been one hundred years since humanity knew what order and hope were.
The Drift has a law unto itself—one of vampires and mutants and outcasts left to struggle for daily survival. Within its bounds, the simplest act—even asking the wrong questions—can mean death. Or worse.
Praised by George R. R. Martin as “a potent new myth from the reality of radioactive waste,” In the Drift is an inventive and unsettling look at the lives of those who are left to deal with the fallout of a nuclear disaster—a towering work of postapocalyptic fiction that provokes conversation and consideration even as it produces nightmares.
Product Details
| Publisher | Open Road Media Sci-Fi & Fantasy |
| Publish Date | May 31, 2016 |
| Pages | 214 |
| Language | English |
| Type |  Digital (delivered electronically) |
| EAN/UPC | 9781504036474 |
About the Author
Michael Swanwick has received the Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, and Theodore Sturgeon awards for his work. His short fiction has appeared in Omni, Penthouse, Asimov’s, High Times, and numerous other publications, and many pieces have been reprinted in best-of-the-year anthologies. He has written nine novels, among them In the Drift, Stations of the Tide, the New York Times Notable Book The Iron Dragon’s Daughter, Jack Faust, and, most recently, Chasing the Phoenix. Swanwick lives in Philadelphia with his wife, Marianne Porter, and their son, Sean.
Reviews
“Shocking . . . Powerful.” —Daily News (New York)
“A powerful and affecting novel . . . Chilling, believable and uncomfortably close to home.” —The Evening Sun (Baltimore)
“A tough, keen-edged blade of a story . . . Powerful and moving!” —Roger Zelazny
“Swanwick paints a persuasive portrait of a people adapting to disaster. . . . A very readable book . . . Worth your attention.” —Analog Science Fiction and Fact
“A powerful and affecting novel . . . Chilling, believable and uncomfortably close to home.” —The Evening Sun (Baltimore)
“A tough, keen-edged blade of a story . . . Powerful and moving!” —Roger Zelazny
“Swanwick paints a persuasive portrait of a people adapting to disaster. . . . A very readable book . . . Worth your attention.” —Analog Science Fiction and Fact
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