The Postman

About this book

This is the story of a lie that became the most powerful kind of truth. A timeless novel as urgently compelling as War Day or Alas Babylon David Brins The Postman is the dramatically moving saga of a man who rekindled the spirit of America through the power of a dream from a modern master of science fiction. He was a survivor--a wanderer who traded tales for food and shelter in the dark and savage aftermath of a devastating war. Fate touches him one chill winters day when he borrows the jacket of a long-dead postal worker to protect himself from the cold. The old worn uniform still has power as a symbol of hope and with it he begins to weave his greatest tale of a nation on the road to recovery. From the Paperback edition.