Children+of+the+Dust

Children of the Dust is a post-apocalyptic novel, written by Louise Lawrence, published in 1985. The book details a family history across three generations during the aftermath of a nuclear war and the horror it entails. The story covers in detail the three characters, who through their actions are the last hope of their race. The book focuses on the horrors that occur after the bombing. The survivors of the blast must suffer through radiation, nuclear winter, feuds between rival groups and mutation. The new race, named as homo-superior, have adapted to the loss of the ozone layer and the extra radiation to become the dominant species on the planet. The book is broken up in to three sections for each generation. The novel offers some hope that humanity could survive the horrors of war (as an allegory for the current age) in order to form a new world.