<p>There are echoes of Cormac McCarthy's The Road and Stephen King's The Stand, plus graphic violence and heart-stopping action set pieces, but what lifts South above many recent examples of the subgenre is Owen's pared-down prose, slick narrative and the sensitive depiction of Dyce and Vida's relationship. - Guardian<br><br>South takes place in a USA ravaged by Civil War. It's been thirty years since the first wind-borne viruses ended the war be...