NNO Book Club: The Boy on the Bridge, by M. R. Carey

This is the 2nd book set in this world, not really a sequel with the same characters, but a follow-up to one we read previously, The Girl With All the Gifts. The author once referred to it as "a prequel, equal, sequel."
About the book:
From the author of USA Today bestseller The Girl With All the Gifts, a terrifying new novel set in the same post-apocalyptic world.
Once upon a time, in a land blighted by terror, there was a very clever boy.
The people thought the boy could save them, so they opened their gates and sent him out into the world.
To where the monsters lived.

For those at the most recent book club meeting, I had planned to schedule this one for my fave sushi place, but they're not open for lunch on Saturdays. :-( So, I picked someplace else.