The Future

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Compulsively readable A nail-biting love story and a witty page-turner about the pros and cons of human civilization Emma Donoghue, bestselling author of Haven
The new novel from the Womens Prize-winning, bestselling author of The Power, The Future is a white-knuckle tour de force and dazzling exploration of the world we have made and where we are going.

The Future is where the money is.
The Future is a few billionaires leading the world to destruction.
The Future is a handful of friends hatching a daring plan.
The Future is the greatest heist ever Or the cataclysmic end of civilisation
The Future is here.

A rollicking, fun-packed thriller with juicy stakes, constantly escalating twists, and a cast of characters who feel like they already exist somewhere out there in our fragile, free-wheeling present Alastair Reynolds, author of Eversion

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How can a novel of big ideas be such compulsively readable entertainment A nail-biting love story and a witty page-turner
about the pros and cons of human civilization, The Future is a wow. Emma Donoghue, bestselling author of Haven

"The Future couldn't be more timely, or more welcome. It's the book we need right now. It manages to be a persuasive, carefully thought-through manual for social and technological change, a roadmap to a better, greener, kinder tomorrow a world that's ours for the taking if we want it badly enough while also a rollicking, fun-packed thriller with juicy stakes, constantly escalating twists, and a cast of characters who feel like they already exist somewhere out there in our fragile, free-wheeling present." Alastair Reynolds, author of Eversion

Author Bio

Naomi Alderman is the bestselling author of The Power, which was the winner of the 2017 Baileys' Women's Prize for Fiction. It was longlisted for the 2017 Orwell Prize and chosen as one of the best books of the year by the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, NPR, Entertainment Weekly and the San Francisco Chronicle. The Power topped Barack Obama's list of his favorite books from 2017 and has been translated into more than thirty languages. Naomi grew up in London and attended Oxford University and UEA.