I loved the first hand of the trilogy "Oryx & Crake" which I have read several times. This book is about 2 2nd --other characters, two women, and an eco-sect / group, all this before the disaster Abebooks web read about in the 1st Part. HOWEVER I expected more ... The first book Gives so much thinking about our times. Purpose anyway "The Year of the Flood" is a fabulous reading plus the amazingly fine work of a Nobel-Prize-definitely deserving lady of great literature ....