What if 99% of the female population died out?
This is exactly what happened when The Fall set in motion the mysterious deaths of women. Since then, wars have been waged and civilisation has completely broken down. Feral packs of young men called Raiders scour the land. Violence and disease is rife.
The only way to survive is by dabbling in the black markets - where the highest currency is an increasingly rare commodity: women and girls.
But what of the 1% of the women who are left? What does Φ mean? And who are the Sons of Gaia?
The Forgotten Women is a series of novellas exploring four young women's journeys through the brutal post-apocalyptic world of Tear Me Apart, which also includes a feature-length film, animated web comics and more.
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Smoke billows through broken windows, stinging my eyes, choking my throat. Flames lick at my feet. MOLLY BY JENNIE EGGLETON
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(Cannibal Films Ltd, 1 July 2016, 278 pages, ebook, bought from @AmazonKindle, various authors)
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I remember being really excited about this book when it was announced. I have no idea what it's taken me so long to read it. I really enjoyed this. The book contains five novellas that are loosely connected as they are set in the same dystopian world thought at different times where women are in short supply due to a mysterious plague. The novellas are all quite different some work better than others. Some chose obvious tropes such as women becomes commodities and are captured and sold into sexual slavery but others try to create something a little different. I enjoyed these overall. The best tales were The Djinn of the Eastlands, Darklight and The Sons of Gaia.
