The longawaited new novel from Margaret Atwood. <strong>The Year of the Flood</strong> is adystopic masterpiece and a testament to her visionary power. The time... » 

The longawaited new novel from Margaret Atwood. The Year of the Flood is adystopic masterpiece and a testament to her visionary power. The times andspecies have been changing at a rapid rate and the social compact is wearingas thin as environmental stability. Adam One the kindly leader of the GodsGardenersa religion devoted to the melding of science and religion as wellas the preservation of all plant and animal lifehas long predicted a naturaldisaster that will alter Earth as we know it. Now it has occurred obliteratingmost human life. Two women have survived Ren a young trapeze dancer lockedinside the highend sex club Scales and Tails and Toby a Gods Gardenerbarricaded inside a luxurious spa where many of the treatments are edible. Haveothers survived? Rens bioartist friend Amanda? Zeb her ecofighterstepfather? Her onetime lover Jimmy? Or the murderous Painballers survivorsof the mutualelimination Painball prison? Not to mention the shadowy corruptpolicing force of the ruling powers . . . Meanwhile genespliced life formsare proliferating the lionlamb blends the Mohair sheep with human hair thepigs with human brain tissue. As Adam One and his intrepid hempclad band maketheir way through this strange new world Ren and Toby will have to decide ontheir next move. They cant stay locked away . . . By turns dark tenderviolent thoughtful and uneasily hilarious The Year of the Flood is Atwoodat her most brilliant and inventive. «