In 2009, a novel was released that would sweep the board for science fiction awards, and establish Paolo Bacigalupi as one of the most visionary writers of our time. Listed by Time magazine as one of the top 10 books of the year, The Windup Girl took the world by storm.
Following the publication of several award-winning YA novels and The Water Knife, Paolo Bacigalupi now returns with a third groundbreaking new novel for adults - sure to be one of the most highly anticipated books of the year.
Read MoreBacigalupi is a worthy successor to William Gibson: this is cyberpunk without computersThis is the best kind of science fiction. An intense thriller and a deeply insightful vision of the coming century, laid out in all its pain and glory. It's a water knife indeed, right to the heartThis complex, literate and intensely felt tale, which recalls both William Gibson and Ian McDonald at their very best, will garner Bacigalupi significant critical attention and is clearly one of the finest science fiction novels of the year - PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY on THE WINDUP GIRL - starred reviewThese days are coming, and as always fiction explains them better than fact. This is a spectacular thriller, wonderfully imagined and written