Equal parts page-turner and poem.'- Entertainment Weekly A truly haunting book, one that is hard to put down.' - The Seattle Times 'Absolutely extraordinary.' -Erin Morgenstern, author of The Night Circus A book that I will long remember, and return to.' 'Deeply melancholy, but beautifully written, and wonderfully elegiac. leaves us not fearful for the end of the word but appreciative of the grace of everyday existence.' - San Francisco Chronicle ' Station Eleven is so compelling, so fearlessly imagined, that I wouldn't have put it down for anything.' One of the Best Books of the Year: The Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, Chicago Tribune, Buzzfeed, and Entertainment Weekly, Time, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Minnesota Public Radio, The Huffington Post, BookPage, Time Out, BookRiot John Mandel's bestselling new novel, Sea of Tranquility!

And as the story takes off, moving back and forth in time, and vividly depicting life before and after the pandemic, the strange twist of fate that connects them all will be revealed. Deborah by the Water, they encounter a violent prophet who will threaten the tiny band's existence. They call themselves The Traveling Symphony, and they have dedicated themselves to keeping the remnants of art and humanity alive. Twenty years later, Kirsten moves between the settlements of the altered world with a small troupe of actors and musicians. That was the night when a devastating flu pandemic arrived in the city, and within weeks, civilization as we know it came to an end. Kirsten Raymonde will never forget the night Arthur Leander, the famous Hollywood actor, had a heart attack on stage during a production of King Lear. Description NATIONAL BESTSELLER - NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST - A PEN/FAULKNER AWARD FINALIST - Set in the eerie days of civilization's collapse-the spellbinding story of a Hollywood star, his would-be savior, and a nomadic group of actors roaming the scattered outposts of the Great Lakes region, risking everything for art and humanity.

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel