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"The Wild Dead is a tightly plotted mind-thrill . . . This is the feminist dystopian mystery series you didn't know you needed." — Meg Elison, Philip K. Dick Award–winning author of The Road to Nowhere series

Mysteries and murder abound in the sequel to the Philip K. Dick Award–winning Bannerless

A century after environmental and economic collapse, the people of the Coast Road have rebuilt their own sort of civilization, striving not to make the mistakes their ancestors did. They strictly ration and manage resources, including the ability to have children. Enid of Haven is an investigator, who with her new partner, Teeg, is called on to mediate a dispute over an old building in a far-flung settlement at the edge of Coast Road territory. The investigators' decision seems straightforward — and then the body of a young woman turns up in the nearby marshland. Almost more shocking than that, she's not from the Coast Road, but from one of the outsider camps belonging to the nomads and wild folk who live outside the Coast Road communities. Now one of them is dead, and Enid wants to find out who killed her, even as Teeg argues that the murder isn't their problem. In a dystopian future of isolated communities, can our moral sense survive the worst hard times?

"An intriguing mystery made compelling by its post-apocalyptic setting . . . Another great read from Vaughn." — S. M. Stirling, New York Times best-selling author of The Sky-Blue Wolves and Dies the Fire

A Mariner Original

A John Joseph Adams Book

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"The Wild Dead is a tightly plotted mind-thrill . . . This is the feminist dystopian mystery series you didn't know you needed." — Meg Elison, Philip K. Dick Award–winning author of The Road to Nowhere series

Mysteries and murder abound in the sequel to the Philip K. Dick Award–winning Bannerless

A century after environmental and economic collapse, the people of the Coast Road have rebuilt their own sort of civilization, striving not to make the mistakes their ancestors did. They strictly ration and manage resources, including the ability to have children. Enid of Haven is an investigator, who with her new partner, Teeg, is called on to mediate a dispute over an old building in a far-flung settlement at the edge of Coast Road territory. The investigators' decision seems straightforward — and then the body of a young woman turns up in the nearby marshland. Almost more shocking than that, she's not from the Coast Road, but from one of the outsider camps belonging to the nomads and wild folk who live outside the Coast Road communities. Now one of them is dead, and Enid wants to find out who killed her, even as Teeg argues that the murder isn't their problem. In a dystopian future of isolated communities, can our moral sense survive the worst hard times?

"An intriguing mystery made compelling by its post-apocalyptic setting . . . Another great read from Vaughn." — S. M. Stirling, New York Times best-selling author of The Sky-Blue Wolves and Dies the Fire

A Mariner Original

A John Joseph Adams Book

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        This mostly standalone sequel to Bannerless, set a century after the collapse of modern civilization, further explores the intricacies of a world dedicated to sustainable resource management and rigid population control, with an emphasis placed on cooperative households and earning the right to bear children. A routine property dispute in a small community turns into a murder mystery after a young woman’s corpse is discovered. Investigator Enid and her inexperienced partner, Teeg, quickly establish that the murder victim was not part of an established household, but was one of the unregulated “wild folk” who live outside of society. Enid sets out to learn the woman’s identity and find out who killed her and why. Her quest for the truth stirs up uncomfortable memories among community members before leading her into the treacherous wilds. Enid is a capable, honest, relentless seeker of answers, and her investigation is reminiscent of classic hardboiled mysteries. Despite an almost palpable air of claustrophobic foreboding, this tale still manages to convey a sense of hope and optimism. Agent: Seth Fishman, Gernert Co.

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        July 1, 2018
        In this sequel to Bannerless (2017), a woman has been cut open from neck to rib cage. Enid, an investigator, soon determines that the victim is an outsider in the postapocalyptic Coast Road civilization, which means that, in the eyes of many, the dead woman isn't Enid's problem. But Enid can't just walk away. Vaughn opens up more of the Coast Road world she introduced in Bannerless, a world in which technology is all but gone, wiped out a century ago by massive storms that swept across the planet, forcing those who survived to band together. Structurally, this is a standard police procedural; it's the environment, the carefully constructed future society, that gives it a unique flavor. Beautifully executed.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2018, American Library Association.)

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        Starred review from June 15, 2018

        It has been a year since Enid of Haven solved a murder on the Coast Road (recounted in the Philip K. Dick Award-winning Bannerless). Now, with new partner Teeg, she is brought in to settle a dispute over a household's building. It is here, at the far edge of what is left of rebuilt civilization, that a body is discovered nearby. The victim is one of the wild folk, people who have created camps outside of the Coast Road communities. Old prejudices arise as Enid insists on investigating the murder of a young woman who is not one of their own. With an upcoming birth in her own home, Enid knows that this girl was once someone's valued child. Vaughn's sequel continues the exploration of a postapocalyptic American landscape that is at once beautiful and stark, filled with those who may be able to escape their ancestors' mistakes but not their own arrogance. VERDICT This thrilling postapocalyptic mystery, which demonstrates the author's wide range of style, will please Vaughn's many fans.--Kristi Chadwick, Massachusetts Lib. Syst., Northampton

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Mysteries and murder abound in the sequel to the Philip K. Dick Award–winning Bannerless

A century after environmental and economic collapse, the people of the Coast Road have rebuilt their own sort of civilization, striving not to make the mistakes their ancestors did. They strictly ration and manage resources, including the ability to have children. Enid of Haven is an investigator, who with her new partner, Teeg, is called on to mediate a dispute over an old building in a far-flung settlement at the edge of Coast Road territory. The investigators' decision seems straightforward — and then the body of a young woman turns up in the nearby marshland. Almost more shocking than that, she's not from the...

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