The Post

December 15, 2018
In the near future, humanity is ravaged by dual disasters: a contamination of the world's oil supply and a pandemic that renders those afflicted into zombie-like animals called hollow-heads. Small enclaves of survivors do their best to endure by maintaining secure walls and bartering with other communities. In the once posh suburb of Atlanta known as Little Five, police chief and narrator Sam Edison strives to keep people safe from threats outside the walls and keep the peace. When two visitors to Little Five are murdered, Chief Edison discovers that trade with a nearby town may include human trafficking, prompting an effort to stop those involved. Debut author Mu�oz paints a bleak picture of morality in a postapocalyptic world, and his narrator is continually wrangling with self-doubt in regard to maintaining a moral foundation in dire times. The body count is high in this tense and bloody story, and although there are zombies, it will appeal to readers who enjoy postapocalyptic fiction that presents the best and worst of society.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2018, American Library Association.)