How High We Go in the Dark

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 plague—a daring and deeply heartfelt work of mind-bending imagination from a singular new voice.

Beginning 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 subjects—a pig—develops 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 resiliency of the human spirit, our infinite capacity to dream, andthe connective threads that tie us all together in the universe.