FROM THE COSTA AWARDWINNING WOMENS PRIZESHORTLISTED AUTHOR OF UNSETTLED GROUNDA stunning piece of speculative fiction The iA haunting novel about love survival and everything in between ... One to get excited about Stylist Best Modern DystopiaHumans are useless at learning from their mistakes. We just have to keep making new plans.When Neffy wakes up from an uneasy sleep in a hospital bed nothing is as it should be. There is no food and nobody to tend to her. The city streets outside her window have fallen silent. She doesnt know it yet but a debilitating new virus is sweeping the globe and the world will never be the same again.Feverish confused and wary of the strangers trapped inside with her Neffy finds solace in her own memories of the past even the memories of the mistakes that led her here.But as the days turn into weeks it is clear that Neffy will have to make a choice. How do you choose between a past that has already disappeared forever and a future you cant begin to imagineUnsettling moving and thoughtful with horror lurking at the edges this is a subtle elegant novel. Claire Fuller is a huge talent Lucy Atkins author of Magpie LaneCompulsive and thoroughly convincing. Terrific Clare Chambers author of Small Pleasures