''ONE OF THE MOST BRILLIANTLY INVENTIVE WRITERS OF THIS, OR ANY, COUNTRY'' INDEPENDENT

⭐ Longlisted for the Booker Prize
⭐ Longlisted for the Folio Prize
⭐ Winner of the World Fantasy Award

''A triumph''
GUARDIAN

''Epic''
EVENING STANDARD

''Mind-spinning''
INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY

''Dazzling''
NEW YORK TIMES

Run away, one drowsy summer''s afternoon, with Holly Sykes: wayward teenager, broken-hearted rebel and unwitting pawn in a titanic, hidden conflict.

Over six decades, the consequences of a moment''s impulse unfold, drawing an ordinary woman into a world far beyond her imagining. And as life in the near future turns perilous, the pledge she made to a stranger may become the key to her family''s survival . . .

PRAISE FOR DAVID MITCHELL

''A thrilling and gifted writer''
FINANCIAL TIMES

''Dizzyingly, dazzlingly good''
DAILY MAIL

''Mitchell is, clearly, a genius''
NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW

''An author of extraordinary ambition and skill''
INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY

''A superb storyteller''
THE NEW YORKER