The Future

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Gripping MARGARET ATWOOD

'A fabulous, witty writer on the digital world SUNDAY TIMES

'A little Atwood, a little Gibson, all Alderman, its brilliant and I loved it' LAUREN BEUKES
The latest novel from the Womens Prize-winning 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.

Lai Zhen is about to die. As an Internet-famous survivalist, shes spent her life prepping for the end of the world. But now, desperate and cornered in a mall in Singapore, shes mad she might go out not knowing what the hell is going on. If she makes it out alive, what kind of a future will be waiting for her

Across the world, Martha Einkorn works the room at a gathering of mega-rich companies hell-bent securing a future just for them. Covert weapons, private weather, technological prophecy, when Martha fled her fathers compound she may have left the cult behind, but if the apocalyptic warnings of his fox and rabbit sermon are starting to come true, how much future is actually left

Martha and Zhens worlds are about to collide. While a few billionaires assured of their own safety lead the world to destruction, Marthas relentless drive and Zhens insatiable curiosity could lead to something beautiful or the cataclysmic end of civilization.

A rollicking, fun-packed thriller ALASTAIR REYNOLDS

Naomi Alderman's novel The Power won the Women's Prize for Fiction in 2017.

Reviews

'Gripping' Margaret Atwood

'Compelling' The Financial Times

'Alderman has crafted characters readers will want to follow wherever they goeven to the end of the world. A smart, engrossing fable about digital technology and human community' Kirkus Starred Review

'Immensely readable' Washington Post

Alderman has gone from promising young author to publishing phenomenon, a writer gifted with the double Midas touch of commercial success and literary prestige Alderman is a fabulous, witty writer on the digital world Sunday Times

This is a terrific novel that, for all its dystopian elements, may even make you optimistic about what lies ahead SFX Magazine

'The endless intrigue and surprising twists keep the pages turning' Publishers Weekly

'Playful, incisive, horribly relevant and surprisingly hopeful, The Future is a thrill ride thats also a powerful manifesto. A little Atwood, a little Gibson, all Alderman, its brilliant and I loved it' Lauren Beukes, bestselling author of The Shining Girls

'It is the genius of Naomi Alderman to embed a smart and thought-provoking meditation inside a page-turner of a book. This is one wild (and thoughtful) ride' Karen Joy Fowler, bestselling author of We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves

'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 Room

'The Future couldn't be more timely, or more welcome 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.