How High We Go in the Dark

A novel that chronicles the struggles of a group of deeply connected people over hundreds of years as mankind attempts to reconstruct itself after a climatic disaster.

Beginning in 2030, a grieving archeologist arrives in the Arctic Circle to continue the work of his recently deceased daughter at the Batagaika crater, where researchers are studying long-buried secrets now revealed in melting permafrost, including the perfectly preserved remains of a girl who appears to have died of an ancient virus.

When the Arctic Plague breaks out, it will drastically alter life as we know it for future generations. It spreads swiftly over the world, requiring mankind to come up with a plethora of creative and inspiring methods to embrace hope even in the face of adversity. A jaded worker at a theme park for children with fatal illnesses falls in love with a mother who is doing all in her power to hang on to her diseased kid. A bereaved scientist seeking a remedy is given a second shot at parenthood when a pig used as one of his research subjects starts to speak like a human. A adolescent granddaughter of a widowed painter sets off on a galactic mission to find a new home world.

Sequoia Nagamatsu transports readers on a voyage across continents, centuries, and even celestial bodies to tell a story about the resilience of the human spirit, our limitless capacity for dreaming, and the threads that bind us all together in the universe. From funerary skyscrapers to hotels for the dead to interstellar starships.