<p><b>Experience a major new literary universe in the making<br><br>''I read <i>The Morning Star </i>compulsively and stayed awake all night after finishing it'' Brandon Taylor</b><br><br><b><i>Nine lives will be forever changed . . .</i></b><br>One long night in August, Arne and Tove are staying with their children in their summer house in southern Norway. Kathrine, a priest, is flying home from a Bible seminar, questioning her marriage. Journalist Jostein is out drinking for the night, while his wife, Turid, a nurse at a psychiatric care unit, is on a nightshift when one of her patients escapes.<br><br>Above them all, a huge star suddenly appears blazing in the sky, and so begins a series of mysterious events. For these six, and three others, life is about to become ever more surprising and unruly...<br><br><b>''Brilliant storytelling'' <i>Independent</i><br><br>''Addictive'' <i>Daily Telegraph</i></b><br><br><b>''Captivating'' <i>Observer</i></b></p>