The Road is a story of a man and his son struggling for survival in post apocalyptic America. It is unclear how and why but I think judging by the scenery, it looks like a nuclear war occurred. The rivers are all dried up, trees are burned off and everything is destroyed. The man and his son makes their journey down south by following a road. Their journey is full of danger as they are not the only survivors in the barren wasteland. Survivors are either like them or turned into savage cannibals hunting other survivors for human flesh. The man and his son eventually reach the coast but the man dies leaving his son with only a revolver with one round to committ suicide if he has been captured by the cannibals. The boy stays at the man's corpse for 3 days but at the end, another man approaches him claiming to be one of the "good" guys. The boy, with little choice, agrees to follow him. I think the author was trying to portray to the readers what a world without laws and any form of authority can crumble society and all form of human rights. Under no restrain, humans turn to savagery and to their instincts.
This book will seriously keep you reading for at least 4 hours non stop.
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