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The Dog Stars

Name: The Dog Stars
Brand: Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand
SKU: 9781035447565
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By Peter Heller

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Soon to be a major film, directed by Ridley Scott and starring Jacob Elordi, Margaret Qualley and Josh Brolin. 'A love-letter to things of beauty' - GILLIAN FLYNN 'Magical and life-affirming' - GUARDIAN 'A perfectly pitched post-apocalyptic tale' - MARIE CLAIRE The Road - but with... Read More

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A post-apocalyptic novel with hope. Or in the words of Gillian Flynn, author of Gone Girl: "A love letter to things of beauty, big and small: a twitching trout, a can of Sprite, empathy, sex, decency and a good dog"

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Soon to be a major film, directed by Ridley Scott and starring Jacob Elordi, Margaret Qualley and Josh Brolin.

'A love-letter to things of beauty' - GILLIAN FLYNN

'Magical and life-affirming' - GUARDIAN

'A perfectly pitched post-apocalyptic tale' - MARIE CLAIRE

The Road - but with hope.

Hig, bereaved and traumatised after global disaster, has three things to live for - his dog Jasper, his aggressive but helpful neighbour, and his Cessna aeroplane. He's just about surviving, so long as he only takes his beloved plane for short journeys and saves his remaining fuel.

But, just once, he picks up a message from another pilot, and eventually, the temptation to find out who else is still alive becomes irresistible. So he takes his plane over the horizon, knowing that he won't have enough fuel to get back. What follows is scarier and more life-affirming than he could have imagined. And his story, The Dog Stars, is a book unlike any you have ever read.

Shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award 2013.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781035447565

Publisher: Headline Publishing Group

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 06 August 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Tinder Press

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 416

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About the Author

Peter Heller is the best-selling author of The Guide, The River, Celine, The Painter, and The Dog Stars, which has been published in twenty-two languages. Heller is also the author of four nonfiction books, including Kook: What Surfing Taught Me About Love, Life, and Catching the Perfect Wave, which was awarded the National Outdoor Book Award. He holds an MFA in poetry and fiction from the Iowa Writers' Workshop and lives in Denver, Colorado.

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