A Love Story from the End of the World
From the acclaimed author of Beasts of a Little Land and Reese’s Book Club pick City of Night Birds, an exquisite, globetrotting story collection about humans in precarious balance with the natural world.
From the acclaimed author of Beasts of a Little Land and Reese’s Book Club pick City of Night Birds, an exquisite, globetrotting story collection about humans in precarious balance with the natural world.
‘Outstandingly weird and memorable’ GUARDIAN
‘Deliciously creepy’ NEW SCIENTIST
‘Highsmithian… highly readable, twisty and shrewd’ HANYA YANAGIHARA (on Instagram), author of A Little Life
‘Atmospheric, diabolical fun’ LUCY FOLEY, author of The Midnight Feast
‘Disturbingly enjoyable’ EMMA HEALEY, author of Elizabeth is Missing
‘A taut, wicked masterpiece’ MONA AWAD, author of Bunny
AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER
AN AMAZON BEST BOOK OF 2024
WINNER OF GOODREADS MYSTERY & THRILLER BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024
‘I was totally gripped’ DOUGLAS STUART
‘Immersive and enthralling’ PAULA HAWKINS
‘At first hard to put down. By page 200, impossible’ STEPHEN KING
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‘Inventive’ THE TIMES
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Termination Shock and Cryptonomicon, the first installment in a monumental new trilogy—an expansive historical epic of intrigue and international espionage, presaging the dawn of the Atomic Age.
WINNER OF THE 2024 GOLDEN POPPY OCTAVIA E. BUTLER AWARD
‘A brilliant and luminous writer’ Madeline Miller, author of The Song of Achilles and Circe
‘Riveting, sublime, magical, and wildly subversive’ Cristina García, author of Dreaming in Cuban
‘A natural storyteller’ Washington Post
WINNER OF THE 2024 GOLDEN POPPY OCTAVIA E. BUTLER AWARD
‘A brilliant and luminous writer’ Madeline Miller, author of The Song of Achilles and Circe
‘Riveting, sublime, magical, and wildly subversive’ Cristina García, author of Dreaming in Cuban
‘A natural storyteller’ Washington Post
‘The best kind of book: the one you didn’t know you were craving until it appeared … self-interrogative, intricately perceptive. I absolutely inhaled it’ JIA TOLENTINO
‘A very richly interesting exploration of a complex subject. Begoña Gómez Urzaiz tells the stories with such intelligence and wit and generosity’ TESSA HADLEY
‘An enthralling, layered triumph’ SUNDAY TIMES, Thriller of the Month
‘A richly enjoyable thriller’ THE TIMES, Thriller of the Year
‘An elegant, provocative, twisting thriller… hugely entertaining and beautifully written’ CHRIS WHITAKER
‘So brilliant I stayed up into the early hours to finish it’ PRIMA, Book of the Month
*AS RECOMMENDED BY TAYLOR JENKINS REID “FOR SOMEONE WHO NEEDS A GOOD LAUGH” ON TIME’S INSTAGRAM*
‘A darkly funny riot’ The Times, Book of the Month
A GOODREADS CHOICE AWARD FOR FICTION 2024
‘I absolutely LOVED this book! It’s that perfect blend of funny and emotional … A genuinely entertaining and heartwarming read!’ READER REVIEW ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘I absolutely LOVED this book! It’s that perfect blend of funny and emotional … A genuinely entertaining and heartwarming read!’ READER REVIEW ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘Delightfully subversive, I loved it’ RED
‘Ingenious’ THE TIMES, Book of the Year
‘Sparkling’OBSERVER
‘A triumph… beyond admiration’ PHILIP PULLMAN
‘Spellbinding…. Chevalier at her fabulous best’ ELIF SHAFAK
‘As finely wrought as a dazzling Murano bead… one of the reigning queens of historical fiction’ INDEPENDENT
‘A spectacular feat, crafted by a maestra at the top of her game’ SPECTATOR