The apocalypse has never looked as peaceful as it does inThe Dreamers.
Breathing as rhythmic as swells on a sea.
The first case occurs at the local college.
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Its likeThe Leftoversif the departed remained earthbound.
The Dreamerseschews typical disaster plotting; theres noPurge-level anarchy or menace.
Instead this is an exquisite work of intimacy.
Walkers sentences are smooth, emotionally arresting of a true, ethereal beauty.
This is how the sickness travels best, writes Walker.
Through all the same channels as do fondness and friendship and love.A-
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