Aftershock by Liz McSkeane

Aftershock by Liz McSkeaneLisbon, All Souls Day, November 1st 1755. In less than ten minutes, a massive earthquake reduces the city to rubble. An hour later, a tsunami floods the city, followed by a firestorm that rages for five days. Assailed by earth, water and flames, thousands of people die. From the ruins of the devastated city emerges one man who resolves to deliver the country from disaster, promising to heal the sick and bury the dead: Dom Sebastio Jos Carvalho e Melo,

gradually they come to share their own stories

ambitious in its scope and fascinating in its detail

into their desires and circumstances

Two centuries later Olive Llewelyn

World-renowned artist Shaun Tan turns his hand to the theme of creatures

luminous storytelling

Sacha knows the world's in trouble

for day by day he is losing his sight

Writing directly to white people as a white person

An exemplar of post-apocalyptic writing

repeatedly

on occasion