Together, this unlikely duo will set out across America, encountering other survivors as Swan harnesses her gifts and faces an evil bent on total annihilation. Little do they know, this little roadside pitstop is about take the brunt of another nuclear attack-one that will make Josh the girl's sole protector and guardian. They meet professional wrestler Josh Hutchins who, despite his reputation as the terrifying 'Black Frankenstein,' shows an immediate compassion towards young Swan. Swan Song Robert McCammon Simon and Schuster, Fiction - 928 pages 33 Reviews Reviews arent verified, but Google checks for and removes fake content when its identified. In the following excerpt, Swan and her mother have fled an abusive boyfriend and stop at PawPaw’s gas station. Gardening is one of her greatest talents, but her green thumb goes far beyond growing flowers and eradicating weeds-it may just be the key to the world's salvation. RT keithrosson: Robert McCammons SWAN SONG was one of those visceral, pivotal experiences for me as a reader of horror, and absolutely informed my writing in general, so believe me when I say THIS IS VERY COOL. Swan Song won the 1987 Bram Stoker award, tying with Stephen King's Misery. Published June 1, 1987, 1 it is a work of post-apocalyptic fiction describing the aftermath of a nuclear war that provokes an evolution in humankind. When a nuclear holocaust strikes the U.S., the devastation is on a scale far grander than anyone has ever seen.Īmidst the chaos is Swan Song’s titular heroine, Sue “Swan” Wanda, a 9-year-old trailer park girl with a single mother. Swan Song is a 1987 horror novel by American novelist Robert R. His 2018 novel, THE LISTENER, is set in the 1930s and is available now from Cemetery Dance Publications. There are more than four million copies of his books in print. Allies have severed ties, once-thriving countries lay in ruin, and the American-Soviet conflict has reached a dangerous head. Robert McCammon is the New York Times bestselling author of nineteen novels, including the award-winning BOY'S LIFE and SPEAKS THE NIGHTBIRD. The novel opens in an unspecified year, just months after the fall of Afghanistan.

Swan Song by Robert McCammon