By The Author Of The Handmaid's Tale And Alias Grace Toby, A Survivor Of The Man-made Plague That Has Swept The Earth, Is Telling Stories. Stories Left Over From The Old World, And Stories That Will Determine A New One. Listening Hard Is Young Blackbeard, One Of The Innocent Crakers, The Species Designed To Replace Humanity. Their Reluctant Prophet, Jimmy-the-snowman, Is In A Coma, So They've Chosen A New Hero - Zeb, The Street-smart Man Toby Loves. As Clever Pigoons Attack Their Fragile Garden And Malevolent Painballers Scheme, The Small Band Of Survivors Will Need More Than Stories.