THE WARD

Stunning dystopian novel set in a boldly imagined future New York City after a catastrophic flood (the ‘Wash-Out'). The few thousand survivors live on the tops of abandoned buildings. Fresh water is almost impossible to come by. Sixteen-year-old Renata (‘Ren') wants nothing more than to cure her adopted sister of the mysterious, deadly disease called the Blight, a malady that's infected a number of the survivors. But while out racing rooftops one night she discovers a strange freshwater spring that might cure the Blight and other ills. Will she be able to use this water to cure her sister? Or will she get caught between the government and a mysterious group that has guarded its secret for centuries?