E. J. Swift

Shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award, the British Science Fiction Association award for best novel, and the Kitschies Red Tentacle Marine biologist Hana Ishikawa is racing against time to save the coral of the Great Barrier Reef, but struggles to fight for a future in a world where so much has already been lost. Seventeen-year-old Judith Holliman escapes the...

The extraordinary speculative novel of past, present and future, by the Clarke Award-shortlisted author of The Coral Bones. Decades from now, two women sit around a fire on Beltane, May Eve, and reflect on their life stories. Activist Lucy's earliest memories are of living with her grandparents during the 2020 pandemic, and discovering her grandmother's love of birds. Filmmaker Hester,...

'Vivid, tremendous, unforgettable' - KIM STANLEY ROBINSON Winner of the Best Novel Award from the British Science Fiction Association Shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award A Guardian best science fiction book of 2025 Decades from now, two women sit beside a campfire and reflect on their life stories. Activist Lucy's earliest memories are of living with her grandparents during...