Michael Crichton meets Marvels Venom in award-winning author Seth Dickinsons science fiction debut Viciously funny vivid to the point of horror and entirely profound.--Arkady Martine Magnificent. . . . A science fiction action juggernaut.--Tamsyn Muir A most anticipated book of 2024 according to Goodreads LitHub and The New Scientist Anna I came to Earth tracking a very old story a story that goes back to the dawn of time. Its very unlikely that youll die right now. It wouldnt be narratively complete. Anna Sinjari--refugee survivor of genocide disaffected office worker--has a close encounter that reveals universe-threatening stakes. Enter Ssrin a many-headed serpent alien who is on the run from her own past. Ssrin and Anna are inexorably dangerously drawn to each other and their contact reveals universe-threatening stakes. While humanity reels from disaster Anna must join a small team of civilians soldiers and scientists to investigate a mysterious broadcast and unknowable horror. If they can manage to face their own demons they just might save the world.
