The risks of genetic engineering become horrifyingly real in this post-apocalyptic tale of the collapse of human society, and nature's revenge. When Bill Mason wakes up in hospital after recovering from eye injuries, he peels the bandages from his eyes to discover that the rest of the world has gone blind and a deathly silence hangs over everything ... A future of chaos and violence awaits him, but the greatest threat to civilisation is yet to come: the Triffids, genetically-engineered plants who feed on human flesh. Sensing their newfound ecological advantage, they quietly escape from their confines and seize their day ...
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John Wyndham was born in England in 1903. He started to write short stories in 1925 and continued to do so until 1939. In 1946, after the war, he returned to writing, and decided to try 'science fiction'. Among his many novels, he wrote The Kraken Wakes, The Chrysalids and The Midwich Cuckoos, all published by Penguin. He died in 1969.
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