Overview
"Haunting and luminous,Ā How High We Go in the DarkĀ orchestrates its multitude of memorable voices into beautiful and lucid science fiction. An astonishing debut."Ā Ā āĀ Alan Moore, creator ofĀ WatchmenĀ andĀ V for Vendetta
"Epic . . . Sequoia Nagamatsu is a writer whose imagination is matched only by his compassion, the kind we need to light our way through the dark."Ā āĀ Chloe Benjamin,Ā New York TimesĀ bestselling author ofĀ The ImmortalistsĀ Ā
For fans ofĀ Cloud AtlasĀ andĀ Station Eleven, a spellbinding and profoundly prescient debut that follows a cast of intricately linked characters over hundreds of yearsĀ as humanity struggles to rebuild itself in the aftermath of a climate plagueāa daring and deeply heartfelt work of mind-bending imagination from a singular new voice.Ā
InĀ 2030, aĀ grievingĀ archeologistĀ arrives in the Arctic Circle to continue the work of his recently deceased daughter at the Batagaika Crater, where researchersĀ areĀ studying long-buried secretsĀ nowĀ revealed in melting permafrost, including theĀ perfectly preserved remains of a girl who appears to have died of an ancient virus.
Once unleashed,Ā the Arctic plagueĀ willĀ reshape life on Earth for generations to come,Ā quicklyĀ traversingĀ the globe,Ā forcing humanity to devise a myriad of moving and inventive waysĀ to embrace possibility in theĀ faceĀ ofĀ tragedy.Ā In a theme parkĀ designedĀ for terminally ill children, aĀ cynicalĀ employeeĀ falls in love with a mother desperate toĀ holdĀ on toĀ her infected son.Ā AĀ heartbrokenĀ scientist searchingĀ for a cureĀ findsĀ a second chance at fatherhoodĀ when one of his test subjectsāa pigādevelops the capacity for human speech. AĀ widowedĀ painterĀ and herĀ teenagedĀ granddaughter embarkĀ onĀ aĀ cosmicĀ questĀ to locateĀ a new home planet.Ā
From funerary skyscrapers to hotels for the dead to interstellar starships, SequoiaĀ NagamatsuĀ takes 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, andĀ the connective threads that tie us all together in the universe.
"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."Ā Ā āĀ Kevin Wilson,Ā New York TimesĀ bestselling author ofĀ Nothing to See Here
This book title, How High We Go in the Dark (A Novel) - 9780063211384, ISBN: 9780063211384, by Sequoia Nagamatsu, published by HarperCollins (January 18, 2022) is available in paperback (large print). Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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