The Boy on the Bridge: Booktrack Edition

By: M. R. Carey

Narrated by: Finty Williams

If you fell in love with Melanie in the million-copy-selling post-apocalyptic phenomenon The Girl With All the Gifts---there's more to the story...
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.

*Booktrack editions are essentially a new genre of digital storytelling entertainment. Music and ambient audio are added to complement and enhance the audiobook experience. It is a synchronized movie-style soundtrack that complements the narration of existing audiobooks; the tempo and rhythm of the score harmonize with action, dialogue and the characters' emotional arcs.

Critic reviews

"Carey writes with compassion and fire - strange and surprising and humane"—Lauren Beukes, author of The Shining Girls

"A terrifying, emotional page-turner that explores what it means to be human."—Kirkus

"Thoughtful and compelling"—RT Book Reviews

"A tense story with superbly rendered characters and the same blend of tragedy and hope."—SciFiNow

"[A] brilliant character study as much as a tense, satisfying post-apocalyptic thriller."—B&N Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog

"The Boy on the Bridge is a careful companion, including thematic parallels that remind us, in sometimes horrific ways, that our actions always have wider consequences than we think."—NPR

"The stakes are higher than ever...action-packed...Fans of Carey and readers of Ben H. Winters or Steven Barnes will enjoy."—Library Journal

"Spectacular!"—Martina Cole, author of Betrayal

"Compelling . . . may leave you feeling shell-shocked."—SFX

"A cast of fascinating characters.... Readers will feel surprisingly welcome in this world."—The Mary Sue

"A wonderful trip back into the universe of The Girl With All the Gifts"—100 Percent Rock Magazine

"Humane, horrific and unputdownable."—Irish Times

"Heartfelt, remorseless and painfully human...as fresh as it is terrifying. A jewel."—Joss Whedon on Girl With All the Gifts

"Original, thrilling and powerful."—The Guardian on The Girl With All the Gifts

"Unique and terrifying."—Booklist (starred review) on The Girl With All the Gifts

"A great read that takes hold of you and doesn't let go."—John Ajvide Lindqvist, author of Let the Right One In on The Girl With All the Gifts

"...a brilliant work of science fiction, but even people who never read science fiction should absolutely read this one."—io9 on The Girl With All the Gifts

Great story!

An excellent story from start to finish, with an exceptionally strong finish. Will definitely listen to it again the second time.

Another thread in this dystopia

Not really a sequel; more of a paralleloquel. The tremendous inventiveness and internal consistency of The Girl with All the Gifts returns. This, ironically robs this second book of some surprises, since many of the most brilliant twists of the first book can't be repeated. Some revelations are a bit obvious. But, the characters are all new (until the Epilogue), skillfully drawn, sympathetic; the plot is thick enough, the villains hateful enough, the heroes solid, and the reader is fantastic. (One microscopic, perennial gripe is about writers who aren't knowledgeable about firearms who don't bother to have their work proofread by someone who is, resulting in occasional blunders that distract from the action at critical times. If you're going to go technical, do it right.) Overall well worth it. Might not even be necessary to read the two books in order.

Great companion to the main story

Some of the characters are a bit one-note, but overall a solid follow up to the previous book. If you've read the first one, don't miss out on this one.

Even better than the first book of the series!

This book is AMAZING! I really hope that the author decides to continue the story. After reading The Girl With All The Gifts and then finishing this one, the story definitely would be complete with just these two. However, my fangirl heart yearns for more!

This book was wonderfully written and narrated. You delve so deep into the story when you listen that it's almost as if you are living it. The epilogue gave me goosebumps more than once (I even replayed just the epilogue and got the same response). I listened at work and almost had to stop listening because I was getting so emotional during the epilogue!

PLEASE KEEP WRITING MORE BOOKS, M. R. CAREY, EVEN IF THEY HAVE OTHER STORY PLOTS. The gift you share with us all through writing deserves to be heard and read! You have such a talent ❤

Awesomeness

I love this author and this narrator! Riveting. I wish there was a third book coming.