SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES DEBUT FICTION PRIZE 2022FINALIST FOR THE BARNES amp NOBLE DISCOVER PRIZE 2022FINALIST FOR THE URSULA LE GUIN PRIZE FOR FICTION 2022WATERSTONES AND ESQUIRE BEST BOOKS OF 2022Haunting and luminous An astonishing debut Alan Moore creator of Watchmen and V for VendettaA powerfully moving and thought provoking read At times sublime strange and deeply human Adrian Tchaikovsky bestselling author of the Children of Time seriesSiberia 2031 After a virus unearthed from melting permafrost unleashes a deadly plague upon humanity those left alive are forced to adapt to a new world and do so in myriad moving and inventive ways Among those adjusting to this new normal are an aspiring comedian employed by a theme park designed for terminally ill children who falls in love with a mother trying desperately to keep her son alive a scientist who having failed to save his own son from the plague gets a second chance at fatherhood when one of his test subjects a pig develops human speech and a widowed painter and her teenage granddaughter who must set off on cosmic quest to locate a new home planet A story of unshakeable hope that seamlessly crosses literary lines...
