Author: Winton, Tim
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Published on 17 October 2024 by PAN MACMILLAN (Picador) in the United Kingdom.
Hardback | 528 pages
163 x 242 x 47 | 770g
One of The Guardian's best sci-fi books of 2024An edge-of-your-seat post-apocalyptic thriller, perfect for fans of Station Eleven and The Road, from twice Booker-shortlisted author Tim Winton.
'Will stab your conscience and break your heart’ Emma Donoghue'A blistering cli-fi epic' The GuardianSurvival is only the beginning.
Two fugitives, a man and a child, drive across a stony desert. As dawn breaks, they roll into an abandoned mine site. They’re exhausted, traumatized, desperate now, and this is a forsaken place, but as a refuge it’s the most promising they’ve seen. The child peers at the field of desolation. The man thinks to himself, this could work.
Problem is, they’re not alone . . .
So begins a searing journey through a life where the challenge is not only to survive; it’s keeping your humanity if you do.
