# South

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- Book: [South](https://www.bookquiver.com/frank-owen/south) ([South.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/frank-owen/south.md))
- Authors: [Frank Owen](https://www.bookquiver.com/frank-owen)
- Publisher: corvus
- ISBN: 978-17-8239-892-9
- Pages: 1
- Published: 2017-03-02
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

There are echoes of Cormac McCarthy’s The Road and Stephen King’s The Stand , plus graphic violence and heart-stopping action set pieces, but what lifts South above many recent examples of the subgenre is Owen’s pared-down prose, slick narrative and the sensitive depiction of Dyce and Vida’s relationship. – Guardian South takes place in a USA ravaged by Civil War. It’s been thirty years since the first wind-borne viruses ended the war between North and South – and still they keep coming. Every wind brings a new and terrifying way to die. The few survivors live in constant fear, hiding from the wind – and from each other. In this harsh Southern expanse, brothers Garrett and Dyce Jackson are on the run from brutal law-enforcers. They meet Vida, a lone traveller on a secret quest. Together, they will journey into the dark heart of a country riven by warfare and disease. This is the story of Dyce and Vida. This is the story of end-time. This is the story of The Cure and how it came too late. This is the story of South.