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Not With a Bang

A family drama at the end of the world, for fans of Station Eleven and The Last of Us
By Temi Oh
Brief Description
‘Our father had imagined the end of the world so often that, for a while, he believed that he summoned it…’ The Minton family is in crisis. After losing his job, Marcus begins stockpiling cans, running evacuation drills, and digging a doomsday bunker in the back... Read More
Format: Paperback / softback
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A gripping, sci-fi inflected family drama at the end of the world, for fans of Station Eleven and The Last of Us, from the critically acclaimed author of Do You Dream of Terra-Two? and More Perfect.

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‘Our father had imagined the end of the world so often that, for a while, he believed that he summoned it…’

The Minton family is in crisis. After losing his job, Marcus begins stockpiling cans, running evacuation drills, and digging a doomsday bunker in the back garden. At the same time, his daughters are unravelling in their own ways – Chantale is being haunted by dreams of disaster, and Briar’s obsession with a missing classmate draws her deeper into the seductive world of a UFO cult. Meanwhile, no one is aware of the devastating diagnosis their mother has been desperately trying to keep hidden.

Then, on the morning of the eldest daughter’s wedding, an extinction-level event tears the world apart, and the Mintons must fight their way through a devastated city – back to safety, survival, and each other.

A family drama perfect for fans of Station Eleven and The Leftovers.

PRAISE FOR TEMI OH:

‘Spectacular… Science fiction at its best’ SAARA EL-ARIFI, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Final Strife

‘Fascinating’ GUARDIAN

‘Moving, powerful, and deeply human’ LOCUS MAGAZINE

‘A major new voice. Read Temi Oh today. Everybody will be reading her tomorrow’ STEPHEN BAXTER, author of World Engines

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781398533264

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 21 May 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Simon & Schuster Ltd

Edition: ANZ Only

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 153.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 432

About the Author

Temi Oh is a British Nigerian science fiction author, screenwriter, and neuroscientist. She is the author of the American Library Association’s Alex Award–winning Do You Dream of Terra-Two?, More Perfect, and Not With a Bang. She has also written stories for Marvel’s Black Panther, Doctor Who, and Overwatch. Her first short film Murmur was funded by Sky Arts and the BFI. Since then, she has written on the Netflix series Castlevania: Nocturne and the CBBC series Silverpoint.

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