The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood

I always forget how much I like Margaret Atwood’s novels and this is no exception. It is another post-apocalyptic novel although unlike Far North this one details the cause of the apocalypse (a man-made plague developed as a biological weapon but released by mistake). The novel focuses on the fate of members of a religious extremist group called the Gardeners following the plague’s destruction of the majority of the human race. Summaries of post-apocalyptic novels do unfortunately always make the plot sound like a bad episode of Star Trek but this is honestly very believable and very enjoyable. The writing is, as always, excellent and the characters are also very well developed and likeable. Not Atwood’s best novel but still recommended.