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Melanie is a very special girl. Dr Caldwell calls her 'our little genius'. Every morning, Melanie waits in her cell to be collected for class. When they come for her, Sergeant keeps his gun pointing at her while two of his people strap her into the wheelchair. She thinks they don't like her. She jokes that she won't bite, but they don't laugh. Melanie loves school. She loves learning about spelling and sums and the world outside the classroom and the children's cells.

Liz Kendall wouldn't hurt a fly. Even when times get tough, she's devoted to bringing up her kids in a loving home. But there's another side to Liz, one that's dark and malicious. A version of her that will do anything to get her way - no matter how extreme. And when this other side of her takes control, the consequences are devastating. From the author of the million-copy best seller The Girl with All the Gifts comes an utterly unique thriller with a twist....

Jess Moulson is convicted of murder. But it's a murder she can't remember committing. Nothing is quite clear from the drug-fuelled night when a blaze set in Jess' apartment killed the little boy upstairs. But when the media brands her a child killer, she starts to believe it herself. Now she's on her way to Fellside, the biggest, most formidable women's prison in Europe, standing in the bleak Yorkshire moors. But Jess won't be alone in her prison cell.

Once upon a time, in a land blighted by terror, there was a very clever boy. The people thought the boy could save them, so they opened their gates and sent him out into the world. To where the monsters lived. In The Boy on the Bridge, M. R. Carey returns to the world of his phenomenal word-of-mouth best seller, The Girl With All the Gifts, for the very first time.

M. R. Carey kehrt zurück in die Welt von "Die Berufene" und erzählt deren Vorgeschichte: Ein parasitärer Pilz hat unzählige Menschen in "Hungrige" verwandelt, ausgemergelte Zombies, die nach lebendigem Fleisch gieren. In einem zum Labor umgebauten Panzer ist eine kleine Gruppe von Militärs und Wissenschaftlern auf der Suche nach Antworten, unter ihnen der 15-jährige Hochbegabte Steven. Bei einem seiner heimlichen Streifzüge entdeckt er eine Gruppe von Kindern unter den Hungrigen, die sich eigentümlich kontrolliert verhalten. Steven erkennt in den Kindern die einmalige Chance auf ein Heilmittel - doch wie weit wird er gehen, um die Menschheit - oder die, die sich dafür halten - zu retten?

Großbritannien, in nicht allzu ferner Zukunft: Ein grauen­hafter Parasit befällt die Menschheit. Millionen sind bereits infiziert und bedrohen die wenigen Gesunden. Alle Hoffnungen ruhen auf einer Schar Kinder, die anders auf den Erreger reagieren. Auf einer ent­legenen Militärbasis halten Wissenschaftler sie gefangen - zu allem entschlossen, um ihnen ihr biologisches Geheimnis zu entreißen. Doch es läuft nicht nach Plan.

Tous les dons ne sont pas une bénédiction. Chaque matin, Mélanie attend dans sa cellule qu'on l'emmène en cours. Quand on vient la chercher, le sergent Parks garde son arme braquée sur elle pendant que deux gardes la sanglent sur le fauteuil roulant. Elle dit en plaisantant qu'elle ne les mordra pas. Mais ça ne les fait pas rire. Mélanie est une petite fille très particulière.

Everything that lives hates us. When nature has turned against humanity, who will save us? Koli is a boy who is afraid of trees. After the world broke down, all the plants were dying, so people made them stronger. Now everyone is afraid of them. And it's not just the trees. The animals have turned against us too. Not to mention the Shunned Men, the outcasts outside the village walls. If Koli can wake the technology of the old world, he thinks he won't have to be afraid of anything again. He's wrong.