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In the spirit of Station Eleven and Never Let Me Go , this is a dazzling and ambitious literary novel from the author of The History of Bees .

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From the author of the #1 international bestseller The History of Bees , a captivating new novel about the threat of a worldwide water shortage as seen through the eyes of a father and daughter.

In 2019, seventy-year-old Signe sets out on a hazardous voyage to cross an entire ocean in only a sailboat. She is haunted by the loss of the love of her life, and is driven by a singular and all-consuming mission to make it back to him.

In 2041, David flees with his young daughter, Lou, from a war-torn Southern Europe plagued by drought. They have been separated from their rest of their family and are on a desperate search to reunite with them once again, when they find Signe´s abandoned sailboat in a parched French garden, miles away from the nearest shore.

As David and Lou discover personal effects from Signe´s travels, their journey of survival and hope weaves together with Signe´s, forming a heartbreaking, inspiring story about the power of nature and the human spirit in this second novel from the author of the "spectacular and deeply moving" ( New York Times bestselling author Lisa See) The History of Bees .

Praise for The History of Bees:

´Fans of Cloud Atlas and Never Let Me Go will love The History of Bees´ Good Housekeeping

´Dystopian and electric, this book is set to blow minds everywhere´ Stylist

´Haunting and poignant ... an important and wonderful book´ Dave Goulson, bestselling author of Bee Quest

´ Spectacular and deeply moving. Lunde has elegantly woven together a tale of science and science fiction, dystopia and hope, and the trials of the individual and the strengths of family´ Lisa See, New York Times bestselling author

´Such is the genius of debut novelist Maja Lunde that her tale of three eras-the long past, the tenuous present and the biologically damned future-is strung on the fragile hope of the survival of bees´ Jacquelyn Mitchard, New York Times bestselling author

´As a lover of honeybees and a fan of speculative fiction, I was doubly smitten by The History of Bees . Maja Lunde´s novel is an urgent reminder of how much our survival depends on those remarkable insects. It is also a gripping account of how-despite the cruelest losses-humanity may abide and individual families can heal´ Jean Hegland, author of Into the Forest

´By turns devastating and hopeful, The History of Bees resonates powerfully with our most pressing environmental concerns. Following three separate but interconnected timelines, Lunde shows us the past, the present, and a terrifying future in a riveting story as complex as a honeycomb´ Bryn Greenwood, New York Times bestselling author

´Here is a story that is sweeping in scope but intimate in detail´ Laura McBride, author of We Are Called to Rise

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Lunde, Maja
Maja Lunde is a Norwegian author and screenwriter. Lunde has written ten books for children and young adults. She has also written scripts for Norwegian television, including for the children´s series Barnas supershow ("The Children´s Super Show"), the drama series Hjem ("Home") and the comedy series Side om Side ("Side by Side"). She lives with her husband and three children in Oslo.

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