From the acclaimed author of the Chaos Walking trilogy and A Monster Calls comes one of the most provocative teen novels of our time.
A boy named Seth drowns, desperate and alone in his final moments. But then he wakes. He is naked, thirsty, starving. But alive. How is this possible? He remembers dying, his bones breaking, his skull dashed upon the rocks. So how is he here? And where is this place? The street seems familiar, but everything is abandoned, overgrown, covered in dust.
What’s going on? Is it real? Or has he woken up in his own personal hell? Seth begins to search for answers, hoping desperately that there must be more to this life, or perhaps this afterlife.…
Download and start listening now!
“Ness brilliantly
plays with contrasts: life and death, privacy and exposure, guilt and
innocence. In characteristic style, the author of the Chaos Walking trilogy
delves into the stuff of nightmares for an existential exploration of the human
psyche.”
—
Kirkus Reviews (starred review)