From the Author of the National Book Award Finalist News of the World

Paulette Jiles, the bestselling writer of the highly praised novels THE COLOUR of Lightning, Stormy Climate, and Enemy Ladies, pushes into new place with Lighthouse Island-a captivating and atmospheric tale set in the much future-a literary dystopian tale resonant with like and hope.

In the coming centuries the world’s population has exploded. The planet earth is crowded with cities, pets are nearly all extinct, about Lighthouse Isle: A Novel and drought is so widespread that water is rationed. There are no maps, no edges, no numbered years, and no freedom, except for an elite few.

It is a harsh globe for an orphan like Nadia Stepan. Developing up, she dreams of a green holiday spot called Lighthouse Isle, in a place known as the Pacific Northwest.

When a chance for escape arises, Nadia embarks on a dangerous and occasionally comic adventure. On the way she meets a guy who changes the span of her existence: Adam Orotov, a mapmaker and demolition expert. Jointly, they evade arrest and head north toward a location of wild beauty that is situated beyond the megapolis-Lighthouse Island.