It's uncomfortable to read, but also a timely novel that demands a place in the spotlight. But from time to time, Wendig delves into the most horrific aspects of a pandemic and offers chilling passages packed with poetic brutality that show readers what could happen to us at any moment. Small personal narratives of survival, trauma, and loss fill its pages and serve as cohesive elements to hold the apocalypse together. Wendig is extremely political, but science is at the core of his story the discussions his scientists have are based on real events, and that makes everything feel uncomfortably plausible. A dystopian, apocalyptic novel that comfortably occupies a space between horror and science fiction, Wanderers is full of social commentary that digs into everything from global warming to racial tension, while never preaching or bogging down the action-packed story.
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