How High We Go in the Dark

NATIONAL BESTSELLER NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE ROXANE GAY'S AUDACIOUS BOOK CLUB PICK FINALIST FOR THE URSULA K. LE GUIN PRIZE"e;Moving and thought-provoking . . . offering psychological insights in lyrical prose while seriously exploring speculative conceits."e;New York Times Book Review"e;Haunting and luminous . . . Beautiful and lucid science fiction. An astonishing debut."e;Alan Moore, creator ofWatchmenandV for VendettaRecommended byNew York Times Book Review Los Angeles Times NPR Washington Post Wall Street Journal Entertainment Weekly Esquire Good Housekeeping NBC News Buzzfeed Goodreads The Millions The Philadelphia InquirerMinneapolis Star-TribuneSan Francisco Chronicle The Guardian and many more!For fans ofCloud AtlasandStation Eleven, a spellbinding and profoundly prescient debut that follows a cast of intricately linked characters over hundreds of yearsas humanity struggles to rebuild itself in the aftermath of a climate plaguea daring and deeply heartfelt work of mind-bending imagination from a singular new voice.In2030, agrievingarcheologistarrives in the Arctic Circle to continue the work of his recently deceased daughter at the Batagaika Crater, where researchersarestudying long-buried secretsnowrevealed in melting permafrost, including theperfectly preserved remains of a girl who appears to have died of an ancient virus.Once unleashed,the Arctic plaguewillreshape life on Earth for generations to come,quicklytraversingthe globe,forcing humanity to devise a myriad of moving and inventive waysto embrace possibility in thefaceoftragedy.In a theme parkdesignedfor terminally ill children, acynicalemployeefalls in love with a mother desperate toholdon toher infected son.Aheartbrokenscientist searchingfor a curefindsa second chance at fatherhoodwhen one of his test subjectsa pigdevelops the capacity for human speech. Awidowedpainterand herteenagedgranddaughter embarkonacosmicquestto locatea new home planet.From funerary skyscrapers to hotels for the dead to interstellar starships, SequoiaNagamatsutakes readers on a wildly original and compassionate journey, spanning continents, centuries, and even celestial bodies to tell a story about the resilience of the human spirit, our infinite capacity to dream, andthe connective threads that tie us all together in the universe."e;Wondrous, and not just in the feats of imagination, which are so numerous it makes me dizzy to recall them, but also in the humanity and tenderness with which Sequoia Nagamatsu helps us navigate this landscape. . . . This is a truly amazing book, one to keep close as we imagine the uncertain future."e;Kevin Wilson,New York Timesbestselling author ofNothing to See Here