“ How High We Go in the Dark is ambitious and intricately plotted.
It feels like an archive of personal stories about what the future may bring." - Buzzfeed News, 23 New Fantasy And Science Fiction Books We're Excited About Each character is intimately drawn as they grapple with a future that gives very little freedom to hope or dream. With everything from a cosmic search for home to a theme park for terminally ill kids and a talking pig, it’s a lyrical adventure that feels fantastical yet familiar." - Good Housekeeping, The 15 Best and Most-Anticipated Books of 2022 "This hauntingly beautiful story focuses on how the human spirit perseveres through it all. "How High We Go in the Dark is a truly genre-transcending work in which sense of wonder and literary acumen are given boundless opportunity to shine." - The Guardian (UK) "Haunting and hopeful story about grief, loss and the different ways we move on. Of course the one thing that never changes, even or especially in tragic times, is human nature." - Los Angeles Times "Nagamatsu’s novel isn’t about hope, but about how things change in the space between possible and impossible.
"Lovely and haunting." - Wall Street Journal A heartbreaking tribute to humanity." - Entertainment Weekly, 5 Must Read Books
Rich in scope and vision, with each nested story masterfully rippling across others, this is a visionary novel about grief, resilience, and how the human spirit endures.” - Esquire “Exactly the white-hot missive of hope, humanity, and compassion you need. Even the bleakest stories conjure up a memorable image, and often that visual involves reaching upward: to the stars, to a memory, or even just stretching your arms skyward at the roller coaster's peak, whether or not you know how the ride ends. “Thoughtful explorations of how the survivors process death and loss. Yet the novel reminds us there’s still hope in human connections." - New York Times Book Review How High We Go in the Dark is a book of sorrow for the destruction we’re bringing on ourselves. offering psychological insights in lyrical prose while seriously exploring speculative conceits. Well-honed prose, poignant meditations and unique concepts. You’ll be impressed with Nagamatsu’s meticulous craft. Praise For How High We Go in the Dark: A Novel… This is a truly amazing book, one to keep close as we imagine the uncertain future." - Kevin Wilson, New York Times bestselling author of Nothing to See Here "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. Sequoia Nagamatsu is a writer whose imagination is matched only by his compassion, the kind we need to light our way through the dark." - Chloe Benjamin, New York Times bestselling author of The Immortalists A widowed painter and her teenaged granddaughter embark on a cosmic quest to locate a new home planet.įrom funerary skyscrapers to hotels for the dead to interstellar starships, Sequoia Nagamatsu 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, and the connective threads that tie us all together in the universe. Once unleashed, the Arctic plague will reshape life on Earth for generations to come, quickly traversing the globe, forcing humanity to devise a myriad of moving and inventive ways to embrace possibility in the face of tragedy. In a theme park designed for terminally ill children, a cynical employee falls in love with a mother desperate to hold on to her infected son. A heartbroken scientist searching for a cure finds a second chance at fatherhood when one of his test subjects-a pig-develops the capacity for human speech. In 2030, a grieving archeologist arrives in the Arctic Circle to continue the work of his recently deceased daughter at the Batagaika Crater, where researchers are studying long-buried secrets now revealed in melting permafrost, including the perfectly preserved remains of a girl who appears to have died of an ancient virus. Recommended by New York Times Book Reviewįor fans of Cloud Atlas and Station Eleven, a spellbinding and profoundly prescient debut that follows a cast of intricately linked characters over hundreds of years as 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. An astonishing debut." - Alan Moore, creator of Watchmen and V for Vendetta offering psychological insights in lyrical prose while seriously exploring speculative conceits." - New York Times Book Review