The Year of the Flood

**NATIONAL BESTSELLER** **•** **From the bestselling author of** The Handmaid’s Tale **and** The Testaments— **the second book of the internationally celebrated MaddAddam trilogy, set in the visionary world of** Oryx and Crake, **is at once a moving tale of lasting friendship and a landmark work of speculative fiction.**
The long-feared waterless flood has occurred, altering Earth as we know it and obliterating most human life. Among the survivors are Ren, a young trapeze dancer locked inside the high-end sex club Scales and Tails, and Toby, who is barricaded inside a luxurious spa. Amid shadowy, corrupt ruling powers and new, gene-spliced life forms, Ren and Toby will have to decide on their next move, but they can’t stay locked away.