Award-winning novelist and nature writer Inga Simpson terrifies and enthralls with this truly remarkable novel of a woman who must face her worst fears to find survive and find beauty in a world under attack.
Fear is her cage. But what's outside is worse...
It's night, and the walls of Rachel's home creak in the darkness of the Australian bush. Her fear of other people has led her to a reclusive life as far from them as possible, her only occasional contact with her sister.
A hammering on the door. There stand a mother, Hannah, and her sick baby. They are running for their lives from a mysterious death sweeping the Australian countryside - so soon, too soon, after everything.
Now Rachel must face her worst fears to help Hannah, search for her sister, and discover just what terror was born of us. . . and how to survive it.
For fans of BIRDBOX and A QUIET PLACE, this remarkable, terrifying literary horror thriller holds a mirror up to the changed world we live in today.
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
ISBN: 9780751578560
Number of pages: 352
Weight: 240 g
Dimensions: 196 x 124 x 26 mm
The Last Woman in the World layers precise nature writing with a conspiratorial tone for our times, turning in a gripping apocalyptic thriller that infects the sublime features of the landscape with primal fear - Guardian
Creepy and chilling - Observer
Each page is shaped with an impressive, world-building cinematic scope so that I was reminded of the thrilling paralysis I felt as I watched The Quiet Place, mixed with the frightening torment of the creepiest scenes in I Am Legend - Sydney Morning Herald
Inga Simpson deftly combines horror and hope in this necessary read that is sure to set the literary world on fire. The Last Woman in the World will grab you and not let go - Christina Dalcher
As terrifying as Bird Box or A Quiet Place but full of the most beautiful writing about nature. An absolute must-read - Mark Edwards
The Last Woman in the World is a novel of fear, fire and an uncertain future. A powerful narrative in Inga Simpson's own unique voice. Horrifying, yet humane and ultimately hopeful - a masterwork - Angela Slatter
A heart-racing, page-turning, hiding under the doona stuff. Will read anything this woman writes, did not expect to be so terrified - Kate Mildenhall
Chilling . . . powerful - Good Reading Magazine
I really enjoyed "The Last Woman in the World" by Inga Simpson. You really feel the remoteness of Ray's existence which is shattered when Hannah and Isaiah knock on her door. What follows next is Ray... More
Rachel lives alone in isolation, but when the majority of people have suddenly died mysteriously she is faced with the task of aiding Hannah, a young mother, and her sick baby.
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Living a reclusive life alone in a remote area of Australia, Rachel is shocked one night to hear the sound of a hammering on her door. Outside is a woman, Hannah, and her sick baby. They are running for their lives... More
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