- An
- unputdownable
- supernatural
- thriller
- about
- a
- mysterious
- global
- event,
- set
- in
- an
- Australian
- rural
- town.It
- began
- in
- every
- town
- and
- city
- at
- the
- same
- time,
- in
- every
- dark
- and
- twisted
- corner
- of
- our
- world.
- One
- third
- of
- the
- earth's
- citizens
- were
- asleep
- at
- the
- time.
- Their
- awakening
- was
- marked
- by
- horror
- and
- confusion.
- Just
- about
- everyone
- else
- had
- their
- routine
- interrupted
- as
- they
- witnessed
- the
- event
- with
- eyes
- wide
- open.
- They
- prayed
- it
- was
- a
- dream.In
- the
- small,
- sleepy
- town
- of
- Gattan,
- population
- 7448,
- it
- happened
- at
- eleven
- o'clock
- on
- a
- Saturday
- morning.
- At
- the
- local
- soccer
- field,
- only
- one
- boy,
- aged
- ten
- years
- and
- one
- week,
- remained
- standing
- as
- the
- brothers,
- sisters
- and
- parents
- of
- his
- teammates
- realised
- the
- horror
- they
- were
- witnessing.
- Their
- screams
- split
- the
- sky.One
- hundred
- and
- thirty
- million
- died
- that
- first
- day.Every
- day
- since,
- on
- the
- morning
- of
- a
- child's
- ninth
- birthday,
- it
- happens
- again.
- No
- one
- knows
- why.
- The
- ongoing
- horror
- becomes
- known
- as
- Orpheus
- Nine
- and
- bereft
- parents
- cruelly
- labelled
- Orpheans.
- Global
- leaders
- have
- no
- answers
- as
- chaos
- takes
- hold.
- Conspiracy
- theories
- and
- violence
- spread
- as
- scientists
- wrestle
- with
- the
- ongoing
- toll
- and
- anxious
- citizens
- and
- militant
- Orpheans
- try
- to
- take
- matters
- into
- their
- own
- hands.In
- Gattan,
- the
- chasm
- between
- life
- before
- and
- after
- grows
- wider
- for
- three
- old
- friends,
- now
- parents.
- They
- struggle
- with
- waves
- of
- grief
- at
- the
- loss
- of
- one
- child,
- guilt
- at
- one
- child's
- survival
- and
- anger
- as
- another
- child
- edges
- closer
- to
- their
- birthday.
- No
- matter
- the
- cost,
- each
- of
- the
- friends
- attempt
- to
- fight
- the
- unfathomable
- in
- their
- own
- way.
- But
- the
- reality
- is,
- the
- clock
- keeps
- ticking,
- the
- world
- order
- is
- crumbling
- and
- the
- gods
- are
- watching
- ...From
- the
- bestselling
- author
- of
- Mammoth
- comes
- a
- propulsive
- and
- spine-chilling
- thriller
- that
- prompts
- the
- question:
- is
- this
- the
- end
- of
- days
- or
- the
- start
- of
- something
- new?'mysterious,
- comedic,
- terrifying
- and
- unexpectedly
- moving'
- ELIZABETH
- GILBERT'Chris
- Flynn
- is
- the
- fifth
- horseman
- of
- the
- apocalypse.
- He'll
- decimate
- us
- with
- his
- words
- and
- we'll
- thank
- him
- for
- it.'
- SIANG
- LU'Compelling
- .
- .
- .
- A
- darkly
- funny,
- thought-provoking
- read,
- Orpheus
- Nine
- will
- appeal
- to
- fans
- of
- Rumaan
- Alam's
- Leave
- the
- World
- Behind.' BOOKS+PUBLISHING
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