How High We Go in the Dark: A Novel


Unabridged Audiobook

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22
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8
Release Date
January 2022
Duration
9 hours 20 minutes
Summary
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE • ROXANE GAY'S AUDACIOUS BOOK CLUB PICK • FINALIST FOR THE URSULA K. LE GUIN PRIZE

'Moving and thought-provoking . . . offering psychological insights in lyrical prose while seriously exploring speculative conceits.' — New York Times Book Review

'Haunting and luminous . . . Beautiful and lucid science fiction. An astonishing debut.'  — Alan Moore, creator of Watchmen and V for Vendetta

Recommended by New York Times Book Review • Los Angeles Times • NPR • Washington Post • Wall Street Journal • Entertainment Weekly • Esquire • Good Housekeeping • NBC News • Buzzfeed • Goodreads • The Millions • The Philadelphia Inquirer • Minneapolis Star-Tribune • San Francisco Chronicle • The Guardian • and many more!

For 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. 

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.

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. A widowed painter and her teenaged granddaughter embark on a cosmic quest to locate a new home planet. 

From 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.

'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.'  — Kevin Wilson, New York Times bestselling author of Nothing to See Here
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Margot B.

Easily the most important work of fiction published during my adulthood. Not for the faint of heart or those easily disturbed by death, loss or grief; this is fiction about a global pandemic written during a global pandemic. It will reward you for trudging with it through the depths of despair & transform the way you conceive of and live your pandemic life. Genuinely inspiring. And astounding performances from literally every voice actor!!

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Chloe S.

One of my favorite books of the last five years. Each chapter builds its own rich world of human relationships, dreams, and errors. The narrators brought the book's many different voices to life.

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Talita H.

Loved it. Was challenged by the concepts, and following the thread through the different stories. Well written and read

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