Heroes And Villains Penguin Modern Cla

Sharpeyed Marianne lives in a white tower made of steel and concrete with her father and the other Professors. Outside where the land is thickly wooded and wild beasts roam live the Barbarians who raid and pillage in order to survive. Marianne is strictly forbidden to leave her civilized world but fascinated by these savage outsiders decides to escape. There beyond the wire fences she will discover a decaying paradise encounter the tattooed Barbarian boy Jewel and go beyond the darkest limits of her imagination. Playful sensuous violent and gripping Heroes and Villains is an ambiguous and deliriously rich blend of postapocalyptic fiction gothic fantasy literary allusion and twisted romance.