Rampart trilogy
3 primary works Complete
Book 1
'ASTONISHING' Locus, 'ENTHRALLING' Guardian, 'CAPTIVATING' Kirkus
***SHORTLISTED FOR THE PHILIP K. DICK AWARD***
The Book of Koli begins a breathtakingly original new trilogy set in a strange and deadly world of our own making.
Beyond the walls of the small village of Mythen Rood lies an unrecognisable landscape. A place where overgrown forests are filled with choker trees and deadly seeds that will kill you where you stand. And if they don't get you, the Shunned men will.
Koli has lived in Mythen Rood his entire life. He believes the first rule of survival is that you don't venture too far beyond the walls.
He's wrong.
'A CAPTIVATING START TO WHAT PROMISES TO BE AN EPIC POST-APOCALYPTIC FABLE' Kirkus
'KOLI EMBARKS UPON A JOURNEY AS PERILOUS AS IT IS ENLIGHTENING' Guardian
'THE BEST THING I'VE READ IN A LONG TIME. I LOVED IT' Joanne Harris
'INGENIOUS' Helen Marshall, World Fantasy Award-winning author
'DEEPLY ENGAGING' C. A. Fletcher, author of A Boy And His Dog at the End of the World
'ASTONISHING STORYTELLING POWER WITH PLAINSPOKEN LANGUAGE, HEARTBREAKING CHOICES, AND SINCERITY LIKE AN ARROW TO THE HEART' Locus
Look out for the next novels in the trilogy: The Trials of Koli and The Fall of Koli
Book 2
'ENTHRALLING . . . A JOURNEY AS PERILOUS AS IT IS ENLIGHTENING' Guardian on The Book of Koli
The journey through M. R. Carey's 'immersive, impeccably rendered world' (Kirkus) continues in The Trials of Koli - the second book of the Rampart trilogy.
Koli has been cast from his village and into the strange and deadly forest beyond. But he heard a story, once. A story about lost London, and the mysterious tech of the old times that was there. And if Koli can find it, there may be a way for him to redeem himself - by saving what's left of humanity.
Praise for The Trials of Koli:
'This series just gets better and better. Clever, compassionate and genuinely immersive' Joanne Harris
'A broken world that is both marvellously expansive and claustrophobically menacing' Publisher's Weekly
'If you loved M.R. Carey's The Book of Koli, you will love The Trials of Koli just as much, if not more . . . Absorbing, stunning, and emotionally rich' Locus
'This is a bold, unique world - be prepared to be engrossed' SciFiNow
Look out for the final novel in the Rampart trilogy: The Fall of Koli
Book 3
'WHAT A FANTASTIC ENDING. WHAT A TREMENDOUS ACHIEVEMENT. A GORGEOUS, BORDERLINE FLAWLESS TRILOGY' Seanan McGuire
M. R. Carey's Rampart Trilogy is 'an epic post-apocalyptic fable' (Kirkus), set in a future where nature has turned against us. Now, in the breathtaking final chapter, the world that was lost comes back to haunt those who survived - as Koli's journey comes to its astonishing close.
Praise for the Rampart Trilogy:
'CAPTIVATING' Kirkus
'GRIPPING, ENGAGING AND ABSOLUTELY WORTH THE TIME IT TAKES TO BURROW YOURSELF INTO ITS REALITY' Seanan McGuire
'MARVELLOUSLY EXPANSIVE AND CLAUSTROPHOBICALLY MENACING' Publishers Weekly
'AN EXCITING POST-APOCALYPTIC COMING-OF-AGE TRILOGY' Shelf Awareness
'TOLD IN AN ENCHANTING, CONFESSIONAL FIRST-PERSON, WE'RE WITH KOLI ALL THE WAY' Daily Mail
'INGENIOUS' Helen Marshall
'THE BEST THING I'VE READ IN A LONG TIME' Joanne Harris
'ASTONISHING STORYTELLING POWER . . . HEARTBREAKING CHOICES, AND SINCERITY LIKE AN ARROW TO THE HEART' Locus
The Rampart Trilogy:
The Book of Koli
The Trials of Koli
The Fall of Koli
Also by M R Carey:
The Girl With All the Gifts
The Boy on the Bridge
Fellside
Someone Like Me