The Lanyard

Description

A father takes his son to the hills, planning to reveal the truth about a disease that has swept the world and driven survivors into a bunker-like existence that they can never share. Striking out on his own, the boy comes across a girl of his own age who leads him to a giant pyre of bodies in the middle of nowhere, unaware he is about to become the spring in a deadly trap.
A visionary novel, a beautifully written tale of rebellion that will reward close reading.
Praise for Nineveh Fades, or, The Bomb Shelter by Jake Carter-Thomas:A wonderfully written novel that keeps the reader gripped (and guessing) until the last page… which will appeal to those who appreciate writing that makes them think – literary in the best sense of the word – full of memorable imagery, authentic dialogue and situations that will have the reader asking ‘what if that was me’?A dark… poetic literary novel that uses an extreme scenario to make its point about the American culture of fear.
It was hard not to have a sense of foreboding about what would happen, just as it was hard not to read on.