The Day of the Triffids
John Wyndham
The Day of the Triffids
John Wyndham
The most famous catastrophe novel of the twentieth century, published as a Penguin Essential for the first time.
‘When a day that you happen to know is Wednesday starts off by sounding like Sunday, there is something seriously wrong somewhere.’
When a freak cosmic event renders most of the Earth’s population blind, Bill Masen - one of the lucky few to keep his sight - finds himself trapped in a London jammed with sightless mobs who prey on those who can still see. But another menace stalks blind and sighted alike. With nobody to stop them the Triffids - walking carnivorous plants with lethal stingers - rise up as humanity stumbles and falls …
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