Soumrak mužů – Sweeney-Baird Christina (2022)

It is the year 2025, and a mysterious virus has emerged in Scotland – a deadly disease that seems to be fatal only for men. When Dr. Amanda MacLean reports this new phenomenon, she is perceived as a hysteric. By the time people finally start taking her warnings seriously, it is already too late. The virus has caused a global pandemic – and a political one as well. All the victims are men. The world is becoming something unknown – a world of women. The following are the stories of those who survived and must cope with the consequences of the virus. They are told in the first person and include the story of Amanda MacLean, Catherine – a social historian determined to document the fates of women after the 'male plague', intelligence analyst Dawn, who is tasked with helping the government create a new society, and Elizabeth – one of many scientists desperately trying to invent a vaccine. Through these women and the stories of others, we learn about the countless ways in which the absence of men has changed society, whether through personal loss – of husbands and sons – or political – changes in the workforce, fertility, and the meaning of family. In The Twilight of Men, Christina Sweeney-Baird transforms the unimaginable into the unforgettable.