Shortlisted for the Book Awards for Children & Young Adults 2024. Book one in a startling new trilogy.
We meet Merel, a girl living on a futuristic island in the middle of a sea. Many years have past since the community survived the floods and the severe heat that has forced their forbears to shadow their world. They live in twilight and their year is punctuated by traditions that address the need to restrict their population – drastic traditions that are called the truth. We come to realise this is set in a future world that might be New Zealand.
Book 2: The Miracle
Book 3: Fire, coming
‘This highly descriptive dystopian fiction novel about the most drastic results of climate change is a must read’, writes Bob Docherty in Bobs Books Blog.
‘The novel has a bringing together of some of the tropes of the genre but has a thread running through of hope. It’s a fantastically enjoyable read and one that will surely entertain adolescent and adult readers alike’, writes Chris Reed in NZ Booklovers.
