The world after

an exhilarating, yet touching story of personal discovery and adventure, based in a reality that was all too nearly our own... mankind has come shockingly close to destroying the world that we live in a surprising number of times. it is a matter of historical fact that, on the 26th of september 1983, one man made a choice that prevented a devastating nuclear war. in 'the world after' that near miss was not a near miss. twenty years after a protracted worldwide nuclear war, a community of survivors are living on an island off the coast of the uk, in a symbiotic relationship with an aircraft carrier and the remnants of her crew, under the command of admiral gill. the story is narrated by badger, a tough and tenacious seventeen year-old, who lost both parents many years ago. after an ambiguous signal is received from the mainland, a spark of hope is ignited. when gill will not risk further lives and resources to search for the ghost of a father lost ten years previously, badger sets off alone on a perilous rescue mission.