Summary
Jess Moulson is convicted of a murder she can't remember committing. Nothing is quite clear from the drug fueled night when a blaze set in her apartment killed the little boy upstairs. When the media brands Jess a child killer, she starts to believe it herself. Now she's on her way to Fellside, the... Full description
Summary: |
Jess Moulson is convicted of a murder she can't remember committing. Nothing is quite clear from the drug fueled night when a blaze set in her apartment killed the little boy upstairs. When the media brands Jess a child killer, she starts to believe it herself. Now she's on her way to Fellside, the biggest, most formidable women's prison in Europe, standing in the bleak Yorkshire moors. Jess won't be alone in her prison cell. Lurking in the shadows is an unexpected visitor the ghost of the ten year old boy she killed. He says he needs her help, and he won't take no for an answer. Powerful, thought provoking and heart wrenching new standalone novel by M. R. Carey. |
---|---|
Item Description: |
Title from label. Compact discs. |
Physical Description: |
13 audio discs (930 min.) : digital, CD audio ; 4 3/4 in. |
ISBN: |
9781478911531 1478911530 |
Author Notes: |
Mike Carey was born in 1959 in Liverpool. He is the writer of comic books, novels, and films. Carey began his career at 2000 AD where he created the original series Th1rt3en and Carver Hale. For the Vertigo imprint of DC Comics Carey went on to write the entire run of the Eisner Award-nominated comic book Lucifer. He also wrote the original graphic novels The Sandman Presents: The Furies with John Bolton and Hellblazer: All His Engines with Leonardo Manco. He is the ongoing writer of X-Men: Legacy. In 2008 Carey worked on a number of different titles, including tie-ins to the "Secret Invasion" crossover storyline. In 2011 he wrote a crossover between X-Men Legacy and New Mutants titled Age of X. In January 2014, he had another prose novel published which was titled The Girl With All The Gifts.It has been shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award 2015 in the category of science fiction. It was released to critical acclaim and was announced to be made into a film, which would go by the name She Who Brings Gifts. (Bowker Author Biography) |