What happens when Pandora’s Box is opened and something is unleashed that transforms the world into something…different? Debut novelist Alex Adams uses the beguiling myth of Pandora’s Box as a backdrop in her novel, WHITE HORSE, a haunting, beautiful tale of survival in a world that has been destroyed by the sins of man. In the tradition of Cormac McCarthy’s "The Road" and Justin Cronin’s "The Passage," WHITE HORSE paints a vivid picture of both brutality and enduring hope. In WHITE HORSE she ponders the question of whether love can flourish in a dying world and whether it’s possible to retain human kindness during times of extreme hardship. Her answer to both questions is a resounding “yes.”
Compelling, visceral, beautiful—with a shocking climax that will make readers gasp—WHITE HORSE is post-apocalyptic fiction at its best, transcending its genre and marking Alex Adams as a rising star in the literary world. It's a story of one woman who refuses to give up hope in the face of a changing world and begins a quest to find her lover, also the father of her unborn child, in a devastated landscape rife with the dead, the dying, and the dangerous.
In such a book, post-apocalyptic literature is more than just stories about carnage, vampires, and zombies. Rather, it can be haunting and beautiful, inspiring and hopeful. The world as we know it may no longer exist, but mankind retains its desire to survive and our ultimate belief in humanity offers us the strength to persevere.
WHITE HORSE is published by Emily Bestler Books; $19.99
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