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New Dawning: The Edge of Light

By May 10, 2024September 16th, 2024No Comments

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.

New Dawning: The Edge of Light

by AM Dixon

One Tree House

ISBN: 9781990035197 

Published: April 2023

Format: Paperback, 456 pages

AM Dixon

AM(Melanie) Dixon is an Ōtautahi Christchurch based writer. Her short stories and flash fiction have appeared in journals and anthologies in New Zealand and overseas. She holds a Masters in Creative Writing from the University of Auckland, as well as science degrees from the University of York and Oxford University. Melanie is the current Director of Hagley Writers’ Institute, and also teaches creative writing at the University of Canterbury and Arcadia University. An avid reader, she especially enjoys work by other Aotearoa New Zealand authors. Melanie is inspired by the outdoors and when she’s not writing you can find her planning her next adventure.