Provocative Novella Reveals the Complex Humanity of Survivors in a Post-Apocalyptic World Two strangers intent upon their own survival meet on the road amid a pile of fallen corpses. As one flees the other, their tense and dramatic encounter begins. And over the next 24 hours they will force each other to confront what it means to be human in a world haunted by the dead. In fluid, effortless prose, Milam gives readers a glimpse at the lives of a handful of survivors of a zombie apocalypse. Always driving forward with no extraneous motion, To Thee Is This World Given is brilliantly imagined, expertly told and hard to put down. With a keen ear for dialog and an exceptional eye for description, Milam has created memorable, fully realized characters in a vivid world that is thoroughly grounded in the genre's tradition, but that is anything but cliched. Milam has taken up Daniel Drezner's call for post-apocalyptic narratives showcasing "the adaptability, ingenuity, and creativity of human beings," joining the ranks of such authors as Kim Stanley Robinson and Cory Doctorow."