Any Sign of Life, Rae Carson
Any Sign of Life, Rae Carson
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Any Sign of Life

Author: Rae Carson

Narrator: Amy Landon

Unabridged: 10 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/12/2021


Synopsis

“Any Sign of Life is a heartbreaking story filled with courage, friendship, and personality. Paige Miller is the perfect team-up buddy in an apocalypse. I was with her when she lost everything, and stood right next to her when she took it all back.”—Wesley Chu, #1 New York Times–bestselling author of the War Arts Saga“A timely update to classic postapocalyptic YA.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)“A smart, suspenseful thriller. Totally un-put-down-able.”—Kirkus ReviewsWhen a teenage girl thinks she may be the only person left alive in her town—maybe in the whole world—she must rely on hope, trust, and her own resilience. A harrowing and pulse-pounding survival story from New York Times–bestselling author Rae Carson. Any Sign of Life is a must-have for readers of Rick Yancey’s The 5th Wave and Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman’s Dry.Paige Miller is determined to take her basketball team to the state championship, maybe even beyond. But as March Madness heats up, Paige falls deathly ill. Days later, she wakes up attached to an IV and learns that the whole world has perished. Everyone she loves, and all of her dreams for the future—they’re gone.But Paige is a warrior. She pushes through her fear and her grief and gets through each day scrounging for food, for shelter, for safety. As she struggles with her new reality, Paige learns that the apocalypse did not happen by accident. And that there are worse things than being alone.New York Times–bestselling author Rae Carson tells a contemporary and all-too-realistic story about surviving against the odds in this near-future thriller. Any Sign of Life will electrify fans of Rory Power’s Wilder Girls and Emily St. John Mandel’s Station Eleven.

About Rae Carson

Rae Carson is the author of two bestselling and award-winning trilogies, as well as the acclaimed stand-alone novels Any Sign of Life and The Empire of Dreams. Her debut, The Girl of Fire and Thorns, was named a William C. Morris Award finalist and an Andre Norton Award finalist. Walk on Earth a Stranger was longlisted for the 2015 National Book Award and won the Western Writers of America Spur Award. Her books tend to contain adventure, magic, and smart girls who make (mostly) smart choices. Originally from California, Rae Carson now lives in Ohio with her husband. www.raecarson.com


Reviews

Goodreads review by Chelsea

"When peace like a river attendeth my way, When sorrows like sea billows roll, Whatever my lot thou hast taught me to say, It is well, it is well with my soul." -Horatio Spafford, It Is Well with My Soul Well wasn't this a pleasant little surprise of post apocalyptic fiction! Reader, please be aware that......more

~Special thanks to Netgalley and Greenwillow Books for the ARC in exchange for an honest review!~ Someone, somewhere, is probably getting fired over how crappy they've been controlling my decision-making panel of bad choices (yes, there is only one kind of panel). Why? Maybe, perhaps, most likely, be......more

Goodreads review by Celia

Big thanks to Edelweiss for the e-arc This book checks all the boxes for me: 1. alien invasion 2. humans wiped off the face of the earth 3. normal people trying to survive 4. a cute ass dog Star basketball player, Paige Miller wakes up after becoming deathly to find her family dead and the world as she kn......more

Goodreads review by Lauren

I started off as really enjoying this book. I've really liked Rae's book in the past and find end of the world sci fi books very entertaining. UNFORTUNATELY This book was not for me. I loved how it started. I was immediately hooked and wanted more. I wanted to know what would happen and how it would......more

Goodreads review by Ally

Eh? It was okay, though not usually what I gravitate towards. There wasn't a whole lot of explanation about the aliens, which okay I guess makes sense since the characters didn't know much, but I still like a little more solid world-building in my sci-fi, typically. Also, a lot of the descriptions g......more