In this creepy, unsettling novel, in a moment, all over the world, all men vanish. Over the next few months, a new kind of society emerges, as women gradually learn to take over the roles previously dominated by men - everything from rubbish collection to flying jumbo jets returns to normal, while the world becomes a much safer place, and train stations no longer smell of urine. Then The Men start to appear in online videos, being herded through bizarre other worldly landscapes.