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An inventive and riveting epic saga, After the Flood signals the arrival of an extraordinary new talent.

A little more than a century from now, our world has been utterly transformed. After years of slowly overtaking the continent, rising floodwaters have obliterated America’s great coastal cities and then its heartland, leaving nothing but an archipelago of mountaintop colonies surrounded by a deep expanse of open water.

Stubbornly independent Myra and her precocious seven-year-old daughter, Pearl, fish from their small boat, the Bird, visiting dry land only to trade for supplies and information in the few remaining outposts of civilization. For seven years, Myra has grieved the loss of her oldest daughter, Row, who was stolen by her father after a monstrous deluge overtook their home in Nebraska. Then, in a violent confrontation with a stranger, Myra suddenly discovers that Row was last seen in a far-off encampment near the Arctic Circle. Throwing aside her usual caution, Myra and Pearl embark on a perilous voyage into the icy northern seas, hoping against hope that Row will still be there.

On their journey, Myra and Pearl join forces with a larger ship and Myra finds herself bonding with her fellow seekers who hope to build a safe haven together in this dangerous new world. But secrets, lust, and betrayals threaten their dream, and after their fortunes take a shocking–and bloody–turn, Myra can no longer ignore the question of whether saving Row is worth endangering Pearl and her fellow travelers.

A compulsively listenable novel of dark despair and soaring hope, After the Flood is a magnificent, action packed, and sometimes frightening odyssey laced with wonder–an affecting and wholly original saga both redemptive and astonishing.

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Hillary Huber is the narrator of After the Flood audiobook that was written by Kassandra Montag

Kassandra Montag is an award-winning poet, fiction writer, and freelance medical journalist. Her work has appeared in journals and anthologies such as Midwestern GothicNebraska PoetryPrairie Schooner, and Mystery Weekly Magazine, among others. She holds an MA in English Literature and Creative Writing from Creighton University, and makes her home in Omaha, Nebraska.

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Narrator Hillary Huber
Length 13 hours 0 minutes
Author Kassandra Montag
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Publisher HarperAudio
Release date September 03, 2019
ISBN 9780062889409

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The publisher of the After the Flood is HarperAudio. includes the following subjects: The BISAC Subject Code is Action & Adventure, Fiction

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The publisher of the After the Flood is HarperAudio. The imprint is HarperAudio. It is supplied by HarperAudio. The ISBN-13 is 9780062889409.

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Goodreads Reviews

Chelsea

October 17, 2022

"Children think we make them, but we don't. They exist somewhere else, before us, before time. They come into the world and make us. They make us by breaking us first."After sitting on this review for a couple of days, I realize I'm no closer to finding the proper words to describe how much I adore Kassandra Montag's debut novel, After the Flood. I'm basking in the afterglow of emotion the narrative provides, and while I feel this novel will find a level of appreciation highest among mothers, the fast-paced plot captures the attention of anyone willing to give this story a shot. The book is completely different than any other post-apocalyptic fiction I've read to date, yet I did receive the same sense of growing dread and compulsive page turning as experienced upon reading Bird Box, but where the latter is more of a creepy, almost horror story, After the Flood lends itself to a deeper level of character exposition, without skimping on the thrilling action scenes."Before the Six Year Flood, earthquakes erupted and tsunamis struck constantly. The ground itself seemed heavy with energy. I'd hold out my hand and feel the heat in the air like the pulse of an invisible animal. On the radio we heard rumors that the seafloor had split, water from within the earth seeping into the ocean. But we never knew for certain what happened, only that the water rose around us as if to swallow us up in a watery grave."At heart, After the Flood is a tale about grief, a mother's love, and how that love will drive a woman to sail to the ends of the earth to find her lost child. We meet a colorful, diverse cast along the way, and I respect how Montag chooses to show how, if our world flooded and we lost 95% of land mass, we would all be equalized in our desperation for survival. The dynamics are ever-changing as Myra and Pearl float from one group to another, and the front seat view we receive into Myra's downward spiral is an interesting case study on what happens to our moral compass once we lose the structure of society as we know it."There were times I didn't even want to be a mother," I whispered. I squeezed my eyes shut and felt a hollow ache in my bones. "I didn't want to be responsible for other lives. There were times I wished them away."I had feared losing them, but there were moments that desire lurked right at the edge of that fear. Set loose from them, I could give up, I told myself. I could slip away into the water, no longer fighting, no longer pretending to be strong."Obviously the events of After the Flood portray an extreme end of the world scenario of biblical proportions, but I found that the truths that Myra learns along this devastating journey are the same ones that you and I can apply in the real world. Parenting can simultaneously be the greatest joy and the heaviest burden upon those who choose to become caregivers, and the portrayal of the level of responsibility that is present for the remainder of your life is given much consideration here. As a person who has struggled with anxiety for as long as I can remember, becoming a parent was a mixed bag of feelings, and I wholly appreciate the author showing what a delicate balance this job requires. I highly recommend this book to fans of suspenseful literary fiction, and while it's a little heavier on the suspense than it is the literary aspects, there are enough deep, thought-provoking moments that are sure to satisfy even the pickiest of readers.

Nilufer

April 23, 2022

Hey, my new nickname is FOUCAULT PENDELUM after finishing this book because when it came to give the stars, I started swing back and forth between THREE AND FOUR, THREE AND FOUR… Oh, this churning in my stomach would have killed me! I should have eaten something strong! Best choice was meeting in the middle. THREE POINT FIVE! Rounded up or down? UP OR DOWN! So you may call me SEESAW now! Okay, I gave my decision before throwing up: ROUNDED UP FOUR STARS…TA…TA… I am personally addicted to the post-apocalyptic thriller/sci-fi books. The one and only King’s “The Stand”, Max Brooks’ “World War Z” , Cormac McCarthy’s “Road”, Robert McCammon’s “Swan Song” , P.D. James’ “The Children of Men”, Emily St. John Mandel’s “Station Eleven” kind of masterpieces gave me more reason to believe the miracles could be seen on genius authors’ creative minds. When they got harsher, more vulgar, darker, more realistic, heart throbbing, your addiction grew more and more and you wanted to flip the pages faster before your mind was completely blown!But on this book: There is no darkness. No harshness. There is no heart throbbing, nail biter, arm eater, brain cell fryer kind of mind bending elements in this book. So before starting to read it, consider this one as a mother’s emotional journey to find her lost child story takes place at the post-apocalyptic world book. It has more a biblical perspective of the worst case of the world’s ending scenarios. But the action scenes are gripping and giving you some part of thrills you craved for. But not so much if you expect something like Zombie invasion! It hooked me from the first page as Myra abandoned by her husband who was leaving her pregnant wife and taking their five years old daughter with him, jumping on a boat and hit the water not to come back no more no more no more. Yes what a mother f…..and definitely he deserved my slaps at the first chapter. This is a record for me to start hating a character!So seven years passed. Myra gave birth to little Pearl. The world is decimated by intense water level rising force the last survivors live in the boats or ships, trying to survive by fishing, bartering their stuffs as Myra does to keep herself and daughter safe and alive. As Myra learns her other daughter was taken from her is alive, she sets off her dangerous, long journey to find and bring her back. This book starts slow paced and I honestly left it behind a few days to flirt with my other books. But the beginning of the story haunted me and my heart didn’t allow me to put it on my dnf list. So I grabbed it back, after passing a few chapters, its pace getting faster. This is not shaking you to core kind of book but it hurts your heart. It makes you feel like your emotions are all over the place. Being a mother is not about only responsibility, it is about putting a child in front of your own needs and not only feeding her or raising her, it is also teaching her the real life and protecting her against the dangers, vagueness of the world. It’s about to be their spiritual guardian. The hardest thing about the motherhood job, you can never quit or be sacked, or retired, you gotta be ready to do your obligations till you leave this earth. This book makes you think what a real mother should do when her child is lost and out somewhere. Maybe I didn’t get the horrifying post-apocalyptic story I expected but I got amazing emotional story and well rounded, memorable characters and smart, realistic, gripping words of the writer so I’m happy not to give up on this book.Thank you to NetGalley and William Morrow for sharing this heart-wrecking, emotional ARC COPY with me in exchange my honest review.

Charlotte

November 11, 2019

"From the water we came and to the water we will return, our lungs always hungering for air, but our hearts beating like waves." I really enjoyed this novel based on what the world could be like when sea levels rise and the Earth begins flooding. People are fleeing inland, or building boats and taking to the high seas.We follow Myra and pearl, and soon after, Daniel; on their small boat. Myra's oldest daughter Row was taken by her husband and Row's father - Jacob, and Myra is determined to find her, no matter what.When Myra and Pearl get into some trouble at sea and their boat sinks, they are saved by a crew planning to find somewhere to settle, away from slavers and raiders. The world Montag has created is truly frightening. It's like The Purge - where the usual rules don't apply and people will take whatever they want, however they can. Be warned - there is violence in here, it is terrifying what human beings will do to one another when they are desperate. But there is also real hope in this novel. The world has we know it has completely changed, and will never be the same again. People rely on each other like never before, it really does put into perspective what may happen if we don't start taking care of our planet. "I saw myself in my ocean grave, underwater light bluing my skin, my hair floating like seaweed, coral sprouting from my bones."

etherealfire

October 04, 2019

I won this ARC in a Goodreads giveaway; many thanks to the publisher, author and Goodreads for this opportunity. This was a gut-wrenching read full of compelling, desperate, broken characters grappling with overwhelming grief and various personal traumas while having to dig deep to survive in an unforgiving post-apocalyptic, nightmarish world. I won't soon forget Myra, Pearl, Daniel or the crew of the Sedna or the bleak world they dare to hope can be remade.

JanB

November 24, 2019

3.5 starsIn this remarkable debut, most of the earth is covered by water after years of devastating flooding. Livable land is minimal and raider ships, along with breeding ships, are a constant danger. Civilization has collapsed and there are no basic amenities. Myra and her daughter Pearl survive by fishing and trading for basic necessities. When Myra hears her older daughter, Row, who was taken from her 7 years ago, was seen alive in a northern community, they leave on a dangerous journey by sea to search for her. After running into trouble, Myra combines forces with the crew of a larger ship, and she will stop at nothing in order to find her daughter, regardless of the danger or consequences. This is an adventure tale of survival I won’t soon forget. The world building was well-crafted and the image of this new world was terrifying. Yet this book is so much more than a survival story. It’s a story of survival, but also a story about grief and holding onto hope against all the odds. It’s about strength of character and sacrificing for those you love. It’s about opening up and trusting people when your life normally depends on the mistrust of people. I did enjoy this story but it is a bleak one and is overly long with some repetitiveness. This novel will appeal to those who don’t require their characters to be likable. There are moral ambiguities and I was left with much to ponder after I turned the last page. Marialyce and I deviated from our usual genres with this post-apocalyptic book and there was much to discuss.For our duo review of this book and others please visit https://yayareadslotsofbooks.wordpres...

Jasmine

September 19, 2019

This book is an excellent read! I like the idea of a post apocalypse flood because, to me, it seems like there were a lot of bad weather this year that caused so much flooding in USA. I can’t help but noticed how real people are being portrayed in this story. There are good and bad people in this world right now while we have everything to live on and the same goes after post apocalypse. There are people that always want more like the raiders in this story comparing to China wanting to control smaller locations such as Hong Kong. It’s great to read about mother/daughter survivors. I like Pearl and I like her actions when she let the seagull go because I dislike how Wayne and Jessa were so readily wanting to eat Pearl’s catch when they themselves could’ve tried to catch their own birds. It’s the same as people not willing to put effort into work but wanting their fair share.This book begins with a prologue, told in the first person point of view following a pregnant Myra folding laundry while her 5 year-old named Row is being taken away from her by her husband, Jacob via a boat. Her home in Nebraska is flooded all around up to mailboxes while states in the coast were all underwater. Then the book started 7 years later, after another Six Year Flood, this is after the Hundred Year Flood, where the remaining inland states are underwater and survivors reside up in the mountains and on their boats. Myra now live with her second daughter named Pearl, 7, on a boat built by her deceased Grandfather. She has been searching for Row ever since. One day when a man came to kidnap Myra and Pearl to increase his colony’s population, by Row’s necklace worn on the man’s wrist, she learned that Row is still alive and where she lives, but the journey to rescue is dangerous and she could risk Pearl’s life.After the Flood is well written and developed. I can easily imagine how the world looks like with vast water every which way I look because the author did a fantastic job describing the scenes. This story has it all: fear of attack from raiders, hope to settle at a safe place, loss of the past, afraid of the future, etc. I have a love/hate relationship with the main character Myra. On one side she is strong and independent with a strong devotion and loyalty to her family/friends but on the other side she makes rash decisions that potentially put others in danger. Since I don’t enjoy the main character all the time, I feel tired following her thoughts sometimes. Would’ve been great if there’s another point of view. I like that Myra gets to face off with the person who ruined her but I don’t like that Myra mess with Daniel’s confrontation with the person that ruined him. Life after the flood seems to be a dangerous one, always at risk both on land and on the open sea, so those parts are an adrenaline rush read. Despite me not loving the main character, the story is still an enjoyable read and I do recommend everyone to read this book!Pro: post apocalypse, page turner, mother/daughter survival, flood, mother’s devotion, family, teamwork, mother’s loveCon: I don’t enjoy the main character all the timeI rate it 4.5 stars!***Disclaimer: I won a copy of this book via Goodreads giveaway. Many thanks to William Morrows for the opportunity to read and review. Please be assured that my opinions are honest.xoxo,Jasmine at www.howusefulitis.wordpress.com for more details

Dennis

August 24, 2019

When I stumbled across Kassandra Montag's debut novel, After the Flood , I was hesitant. I feel like 2019 is the year that killed thrillers, so authors are branching out to other genres, and dystopian/post-apocalyptic novels are popping out all over. After being told by the lovely Chelsea that this book is unputdownable, I decided to give it a go. Folks, she has never been more right in her life. Montag's debut novel is dripping with action, but it's also a beautifully tragic character study about peoples' will to survive after a chaotic natural disaster. With the Amazon Rainforest currently burning up in flames, it's no shocker to anyone that climate change is very real. Without diving too much into the past of how and why, After the Flood takes place in the future where a majority of the world is now decimated by intense water level rising. With only the highest points of mountains left as fertile and inhabitable land, many survivors live on boats or ships, trying to survive with the basic necessities. With all dystopian and post-apocalyptic novels, this new world is far from perfect, with crime and corruption running rampant. Our main character, Myra tries to take care of her young daughter Pearl, while also providing a life where the two can not just survive, but try to flourish. Years back, her husband and oldest daughter were taken from her and she's still not ready to give up the search. When she gets information about the possible whereabouts of her family, Myra will stop at nothing to find them. Will this new world allow Myra to reunite with her family or does she have to give up hope and just accept this reality? After the Flood is the best dystopian/post-apocalyptic novel that I've ever read. There I said it. It's heartbreaking, real, dark, and truly mesmerizing. It's over 400 pages and I finished the entire book in less than 24 hours because I just couldn't put it down! If there's one book that I could tell you to put on your radar this fall, it's After the Flood . I can totally see this becoming a Netflix film and I see big things coming for Kassandra Montag!

David

March 14, 2020

This is an odyssey story set in a post-apocalyptic world. Myra is a strong female protagonist in a first-person point of view. The new world is covered in water with very little land and resources left. Myra goes in search of her lost daughter while trying to protect the one in her control. This story has plenty of conflict with Man/woman vs. The nature and Man/Woman vs. Man/woman. Another layer of conflict is a microcosm of societal issues. There is a smattering of romance, and tasteful sex. This book is a solid four stars. I’d give it a five if the story moved along a little faster. Sometimes the introspective of the character overburdened the prose/story in a minor attempt to be something it’s not. The writing craft is strong, and I was engaged with every page. Can’t ask for more than that.I will definitely purchase the author’s next book. David Putnam author of the Bruno Johnson series.

Candie

October 25, 2019

I have been seeing that the reviews of this book are all over the place but personally I loved it! I am a big fan of post apocalyptic and dystopian books in general, but I loved the mother daughter relationship aspect of this one. It has strong moral and ethical elements, especially focusing around how quickly these can change when we or someone we love are faced with survival situations and how far we will go for the ones we love. Is it okay to deceive people or put people's lives in danger if it is to save someone else? Is it okay to put one daughter's life in danger to potentially save another? I couldn't imagine a worse nightmare for a mother than having to choose between to kids. I think as a mother of young kids it made the emotions Myra felt seem very real. When I think about how hard it is to raise children in today's world, I cant even imagine the strength it took for Myra to raise Pearl in that situation. The strength of a mother's love is beautiful!Although the book is very suspenseful and kind of grim there are strong messages around forgiveness, understanding, perseverance, strong women and hope. This book is very fast paced and the short chapters kept me wanting to read just one more. I definitely recommend this book and I feel like adults who are fans of YA will really enjoy this.

Hayley

May 21, 2021

I love the way this book navigates loss and grief. I love the prose. I love Pearl. I didn’t expect to get so attached so quickly, but I’m very glad I did because it made every defeat and triumph these characters experienced that much more impactful. this was such a great read.

Susan's Reviews

October 06, 2019

Beautifully written. Haunting. Myra is a survivor in an apocalyptic world. I was entranced by the day to day struggles of this new world. Myra is pregnant with her youngest daughter, Pearl, when her husband decides to abduct their daughter Row and seek shelter in another colony.Myra burns with the need to find Row, but she does not have a boat large enough to cross the ocean to what used to be Greenland in order to search for her. Several years pass, but Myra and Peal never forget Row. When they hear of a sighting of Row in the Greenland colony, Myra decides to throw all her resources into finding her daughter. Stories about human endurance and survival always fascinate me. Myra and Pearl set out on the most harrowing, unimaginable journey of their lives. The ending of this story still haunts me. Interesting, what we can find to live for when all seems lost.Highly recommended.

SheLovesThePages

January 10, 2020

I recommend this one!

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