# The Day of the Triffids

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- Book: [The Day of the Triffids](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-wyndham/the-day-of-the-triffids) ([The Day of the Triffids.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-wyndham/the-day-of-the-triffids.md))
- Authors: [John Wyndham](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-wyndham)
- Publisher: Penguin
- ISBN: 978-02-4197-057-7
- Pages: 240
- Published: 2014-08-14
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

'When a day that you happen to know is Wednesday starts off by sounding like Sunday, there is something seriously wrong somewhere.' When a freak cosmic event renders most of the Earth's population blind, Bill Masen - one of the lucky few to keep his sight - finds himself trapped in a London jammed with sightless mobs who prey on those who can still see. But another menace stalks blind and sighted alike. With nobody to stop them the Triffids - walking carnivorous plants with lethal stingers - rise up as humanity stumbles and falls . . .