The Plague Jamie McGuire fending off everything from overnight

fending off everything from overnight robbery raids to full-scale invasion attempts by entire nations on the move

This chilling story is told through the scraps of paper

So it’s no surprise that Andie has her summer all planned out too

where otherwise ordinary artefacts reveal the stories they contain within

Owens's debut novel reminds us that we are forever shaped by the child within us

The Plague Jamie McGuire fending off everything from overnightA gripping tale of human unrelieved horror, of survival and resilience, and of the ways in which humankind confronts death, The Plague is at once a masterfully crafted novel, eloquently understated and epic in scope, and a parable of ageless moral resonance, profoundly relevant to our times. In Oran, a coastal town in North Africa, the plague begins as a series of portents, unheeded by the people. It gradually becomes a omnipresent reality,