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Author(s): Winton, Tim
Binding: Paperback,
Date of Publication: 24/07/2025,
Pagination: 528 pages,
ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9781035050826,
Description:
One of The Guardian’s best sci-fi books of the year.
An 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, author of Room’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. Theyre exhausted, traumatized, desperate now. This is a forsaken place, but as a refuge its the most promising theyve seen. The child peers at the field of desolation. The man thinks to himself, this could work.
Problem is, theyre not alone . . .
So begins a searing journey through a life where the challenge is not only to survive; its keeping your humanity if you do.