Virginia Bergin

One minute sixteen-year-old Ruby Morris is having her first proper snog with Caspar McCloud in a hot tub, and the next she's being bundled inside the house, dripping wet, cold and in her underwear. Not cool. As she and Caspar shiver in the kitchen, it starts to rain. They turn on the radio to hear panicked voices - 'It's in the rain, it's in the rain'. That was two weeks ago, and now Ruby is totally alone. People weren't prepared for the rain, got caught out in it, didn't realize that you couldn't drink water from the taps either. Even a drip of rain would infect your blood, and eat you from the inside out. Ruby knows she has to get to London to find her dad, but she just doesn't know where to start.

The Rain

When a strange rain falls bearing a fatal, contagious disease, Ruby finds herself alone with the only drinkable water quickly running out.

Set in the near future, this funny, edgy YA novel by the bestselling author of The Rain asks the question: what would a world with no men be like?It's pretty much everything you could imagine a world run by women would be: the judicial system is based on restorative justice; greed is not tolerated; the ecological needs of the planet are always put first. But this isn't some kind of dour, right-on existence. It's lively, it's creative, and life really is pretty good - if you're a girl. It's not so great if you're a boy, but fourteen-year-old Lily wouldn't know that. Until she met Mason, she thought they were extinct.

Who Runs the World?

Rain - Das tödliche Element

One minute sixteen-year-old Ruby Morris is having her first proper snog with Caspar McCloud in a hot tub, and the next she's being bundled inside the house, dripping wet, cold and in her underwear. Not cool. As she and Caspar shiver in the kitchen, it starts to rain. They turn on the radio to hear panicked voices - 'It's in the rain ... it's in the rain ... ' That was two weeks ago, and now Ruby is totally alone. People weren't prepared for the rain, got caught out in it, didn't realize that you couldn't drink water from the taps either. Even a drip of rain would infect your blood, and eat you from the inside out. Ruby knows she has to get to London to find her dad, but she just doesn't know where to start ... After rescuing all the neighbourhood dogs, Ruby sets off on a journey that will take her the length of the country - surviving in the only way she knows how.

The Rain: The Rain Book 1

Deluxe edition with a custom transparent jacket—available on the first printing only! From the author of H2O and The Storm—She's been taught to fear him. He's been taught to fear her. What if they're both wrong? In River's world, XYs are a relic of the past, along with things like war and violence. Thanks to the Global Agreements, River's life is simple, safe, and peaceful...until she comes across a body in the road one day. A body that is definitely male, definitely still alive. River isn't prepared for this. There's nothing in the Agreements about how to deal with an XY. Yet one lies before her, sick, suffering, and at her mercy. River can kill him, or she can save him. Either way, nothing will ever be the same. Winner of the James Tiptree Jr. Literary Award.

The XY

Ruby passe la soirée avec ses amis quand le monde bascule. La radio diffuse en boucle un message d'alerte : « Protégez-vous de la pluie, c'est une question de vie ou de mort ». La petite bande court se mettre à l'abri, mais l'un d'entre eux décide d'affronter les gouttes. Aussitôt, les parties de son corps exposées à l'eau sont en sang. Ruby réussit à rentrer chez elle et retrouve Rebecca, sa mère, Simon, son beau-père et Henri, son petit frère. Malgré toutes leurs précautions, Rebecca et Henri meurent. Simon décrète une interdiction totale d'utiliser l'eau. La pluie ne cesse de tomber. Il n'y a plus de téléphone ni d'internet. Selon les informations, un nuage de poussière porteur d'un virus se serait abattu sur la terre. Une pluie acide brûle la peau et fait exploser les cellules. Un matin, le ciel est bleu. Ruby et Simon s'aventurent dans la ville et découvrent des scènes de pillages, cadavres, voitures entassées. Le temps de revenir à la maison, Simon crache le sang... Désormais, Ruby est seule et décide de rejoindre son père à Londres. Un long périple commence. Quand elle arrive enfin, la maison est vide mais Ruby découvre un mot de son père daté du 23 juin disant qu'il reviendra le 26. Sept semaines plus tard, Ruby a organisé sa survie et elle attend toujours...

The rain

The rain, Tome 01

"It has been two weeks, and now Ruby is totally alone. People weren't prepared for the rain, got caught out in it, didn't realise that you couldn't drink water from the taps either. Even a drop of rain would infect your blood, and eat you from the inside out. Ruby sets off on a journey that will take her the length of the country - surviving in the only way she knows how."--Publisher description.

Hola, soy Ruby Morris y hoy es la gran tarde de mi vida. Nada podría ser mejor: amigos, fiesta, diversión, ningún adulto cerca y, por supuesto, Caspar, el chico del que estoy enamorada. Por si fuera poco, un jacuzzi y quizá hasta un beso o dos, mientras el cielo enmarca el momento con enormes y espectaculares nubes de lluvia. En muchas historias, la lluvia es símbolo de que se avecina un mal momento, pero en la historia de mi vida, la lluvia realmente marcó el principio del caos total. ¿Qué pasaría si un día la lluvia, con sólo una gota, fuera capaz de aniquilar el mundo que conoces?

La lluvia

"I'll tell you a weird thing about apocalypses - a thing I didn't even know until I was in one: they seem pretty bad, don't they? Well, take it from me: they can always get worse." Three months after the killer rain first fell, Ruby is beginning to realise her father might be dead . . . and that she cannot survive alone. When a chance encounter lands her back in the army camp, Ruby thinks she is safe - at a price. Being forced to live with Darius Spratt is bad enough, but if Ruby wants to stay she must keep her eyes - and her mouth - shut. It's not going to happen. When she realizes what is going on - the army is trying to find a cure by experimenting on human subjects - Ruby flips out . . . and makes an even more shocking discovery: she's not useless at all. The Storm begins . . .

The Storm: The Rain Book 2

Das Ende der Welt – in der Hand eines einzigen Mädchens Drei Monate nach dem ersten tödlichen Regen macht Ruby eine erschreckende Entdeckung: Um ein Heilmittel gegen das tödliche Virus zu finden, werden Experimente an Menschen durchgeführt! Als Ruby herausfindet, dass auch ihre Freunde unter den Gefangenen sind, startet sie eine dramatische Rettungsaktion. Dabei stellt sich heraus, dass Ruby gegen das Virus immun ist. Doch das darf niemand erfahren, denn die Wissenschaftler haben ganz andere Pläne – und Ruby muss wieder fliehen. In einer Welt, in der Geld und Profit wichtiger als Menschenleben sind, kämpft Ruby ums Überleben – doch der Ausgang ist ungewiss. Die packende Fortsetzung von ›Rain – Das tödliche Element‹

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