A page-turning epic about survival and resilience from the twice Booker-shortlisted author.

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 .

One of The Guardian's best sci-fi books of 2024

• Hardback

• 528 pages