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Under Story

The dazzling new novel from the internationally bestselling author of The Immortalists
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'We wake up to tomorrow, never yesterday.' Epic, tender, breathtakingly ambitious, Under Story is a once read, never forgotten exploration of the power of second chances, and the hope that the impossible might also be true. At an isolated research station in Antarctica, biologist Laurel Salter... Read More
Format: Paperback / softback
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From the New York Times bestselling author of The Immortalists comes the most heartstopping and ambitious literary love story of 2026

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'We wake up to tomorrow, never yesterday.'

Epic, tender, breathtakingly ambitious, Under Story is a once read, never forgotten exploration of the power of second chances, and the hope that the impossible might also be true.

At an isolated research station in Antarctica, biologist Laurel Salter washes dishes for a living ten hours a day, six days a week. She tells no one why she left her career or why her marriage ended.

But even in this remote outpost, Laurel cannot outrun her past. When a visual disturbance known as the Arc draws a group of physicists to McMurdo, Laurel realises that her former husband Eli is about to re-enter her life.

Whether it is circumstance or fate that has brought them back together, Laurel and Eli each sense a possibility about the Arc's appearance: its glow; the way it seems almost alive. And while Eli is reluctant to test the scientists' wilder theories, it is Laurel who is willing to risk everything to fix the burden that hangs between themβ€” to turn back the clock and live their story a second time.

But this time, live it differently.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781035437399

Publisher: Headline Publishing Group

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 September 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Tinder Press

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 153.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 512

About the Author

Chloe Benjamin is the author of The New York Times bestseller The Immortalists, and The Anatomy of Dreams. The Immortalists was a Washington Post, Entertainment Weekly and NPR Best Book of 2018. Her work has been translated into 30 languages. She lives with her husband in the San Francisco Bay area.

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