Maddaddam Trilogy Series 3 Books Collection Set by Margaret Atwood

MaddAddam Trilogy is a three-book collection by Margaret Atwood, bringing together Oryx and Crake, The Year of the Flood and MaddAddam. Across the set, the world is reshaped by strange alterations and a man-made plague, while survivors try to make sense of what remains and what might come next.

In Oryx and Crake, a man once named Jimmy lives in a tree and calls himself Snowman, haunted by the voice of Oryx and responsible for the green-eyed Children of Crake. The Year of the Flood follows the aftermath of a “waterless flood”, as two young women endure in different refuges and wonder if anyone else is still alive. MaddAddam returns to Toby as she tells stories from the old world, listened to by young Blackbeard, while Jimmy-the-Snowman lies in a coma and a new hero is chosen.

Included titles

• Oryx and Crake
• The Year of the Flood
• MaddAddam

Key details

• Three-book collection set
• Series: MaddAddam Trilogy
• Author: Margaret Atwood
• Includes Oryx and Crake, The Year of the Flood and MaddAddam

Synopses

Oryx and Crake

Pigs, wolves and racoons are strangely altered. A man once named Jimmy lives in a tree, wrapped in old bedsheets, and now calls himself Snowman. The voice of Oryx, the woman he loved, haunts him, and the green-eyed Children of Crake are, for some reason, his responsibility.

The Year of the Flood

The “waterless flood”, a man-made plague, has ended the world. Two young women survive: Ren, a dancer trapped where she worked in an upmarket sex club, and Toby, who watches and waits from her rooftop garden. As the air smells faintly of burning, they question whether anyone else is out there.

MaddAddam

Toby, a survivor of the plague that has swept the earth, tells stories from the old world and stories that will determine a new one. Young Blackbeard, one of the Crakers designed to replace humanity, listens closely. With Jimmy-the-Snowman in a coma, the group chooses a new hero: Zeb, the street-smart man Toby loves.