The Book of Sand

By: Theo Clare

Narrated by: Kristin Atherton

io9/Gizmodo Prize

The first in an epic series created by one of our finest and most inventive storytellers, also known as the international bestseller Mo Hayder

Sand. A hostile world of burning sun.

Outlines of several once-busy cities shimmer on the horizon. Now empty of inhabitants, their buildings lie in ruins.

In the distance a group of people—a family—walks toward us.

Ahead lies shelter: a “shuck” the family calls home and which they know they must reach before the light fails, as to be out after dark is to invite danger and almost certain death.

To survive in this alien world of shifting sand, they must find an object hidden in or near water. But other families want it too. And they are willing to fight to the death to make it theirs.

It is beginning to rain in Fairfax County, Virginia, when McKenzie Strathie wakes up. An ordinary teenage girl living an ordinary life—except that the previous night she found a sand-lizard in her bed, and now she’s beginning to question everything around her, especially who she really is....

Two very different worlds featuring a group of extraordinary characters driven to the very limit of their endurance in a place where only the strongest will survive.

©2022 The Literary Estate of Theo Clare (P)2021 Penguin Audio

Fascinating book

I couldn’t leave it alone so didn’t get much else done. Different storylines were woven together in surprising ways. I couldn’t predict events…at all. The narrator is perfect for this book. Her narration descriptive voice is under inflected which leaves a Rod Serling feel and her character voices were unique even though there are a lot of characters. Unlike others, I highly recommend this production…just make sure you don’t have a lot to do to interrupt it.

The story was endured not enjoyed

The Story was confusing, had no resolution, and felt it was written by an incoherent 8th grader.