The Swimmers av Marian Womack

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<b>A claustrophobic, literary dystopia set in the hot, luscious landscape of Andalusia from the author of <i>The Golden Key</i>.</b><br><br><b></b><br><br><b>“A richly imagined eco-gothic tale.” – <i>The Guardian</i></b><br><b><i></i></b><br><b>"Exquisitely realised.” – <i>The Times</i></b><br> <br>After the ravages of the Green Winter, Earth is a place of deep jungles and monstrous animals. The last of the human race is divided into surface dwellers and the people who live in the Upper Settlement, a ring perched at the edge of the Earth’s atmosphere.<br> <br>Bearing witness to this divided planet is Pearl, a young techie with a thread of <i>shuvani</i> blood, who lives in the isolated forests of Gobari, navigating her mad mother and the strange blue light in the sky. But Pearl’s stepfather promises her to a starborn called Arlo, and the world Pearl thought she knew will never be the same again. <br> <br>Set in the luscious