<b>SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES DEBUT FICTION PRIZE 2022</b><b>FINALIST FOR THE URSULA LE GUIN PRIZE FOR FICTION 2022</b><b>WATERSTONES AND ESQUIRE BEST BOOKS OF 2022</b><b>¿Haunting and luminous ¿ An astonishing debut¿</b> ¿ Alan Moore, creator of <i>Watchmen</i> and <i>V for Vendetta</i><b>''A powerfully moving and thought provoking read. At times sublime, strange and deeply human'' </b>Adrian Tchaikovsky, bestselling author of the <i>Children of Time</i> seriesSiberia, 2031. After a virus, unearthed from melting permafrost, unleashes a deadly plague upon humanity, those left alive are forced to adapt to a new world, and do so in myriad moving and inventive ways. Among those adjusting to this new normal are an aspiring comedian, employed by a theme park designed for terminally ill children, who falls in love with a mother trying desperately to keep her son alive; a scientist who, having failed to save his own son from the plague, gets a second chance at fatherhood when one of his