Now everything including the trees themselves have become voracious and deadly, and humans are reduced to small isolated settlements which are increasingly cut off from each other, unable to go outside during sunshine when the deadliest parts of their new world are most active. Though some of the speech cadences and the overall geography of this part of West Yorkshire are still recognisable, its ecosystem is far from our own, thanks to extreme genetic engineering in response to climate change.
For most of the events of this initial volume, Koli is fifteen years old, and resides in Mythen Rood, in the Calder Valley, an unknown number of centuries in the future.
That protagonist's voice is, of course, the character of Koli, who in the framing device is narrating his life to an unknown audience from a later point. I actually had the opportunity to hear Carey read from the book before its release, at London's Super Relaxed Fantasy Club (currently using the lockdown to curate some wonderful content online for those of all geographic persuasions), and the unique voice of its protagonist and the promise of a dangerous but fascinating post-apocalyptic world drew me right in.
The Book of Koli is the first in a new trilogy by M.R Carey (who also writes as Mike Carey) - author of many well-known books that I've never read, including The Girl With All the Gifts, as well as plenty of comics and screenplays and basically all of the things.
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