David BrinScience Fiction · Fiction·b. 1950
The Postman
Synopsis
In a post-apocalyptic America ravaged by war, a lone wanderer finds a tattered postal uniform. Donning it, he begins to tell a story of hope and a nation's potential recovery, inadvertently becoming a symbol of a future he barely believes in himself. This is the tale of how a lie, born of necessity, grew into a powerful truth that could rebuild a broken world.
How it reads
Prose complexity 7/10