'Timely and deeply compelling, Brideau's debut crackles with urgency and humanity, knotting together issues of climate, selfhood, and loss in a book made to meet the moment. Marissa Levien, author of The World Gives Way Full of apocalyptic tension, tempered by warm human connection, this is a book that will stay in my memory for life.'

'It's rare for a book to be a taut page-turning thriller and also be the kind of story that makes you think about the nature of self, but Lisa Brideau has managed to do just that. It is a great read, offering an unsubtle warning of the future, that's suitable for all fiction collections.' ' a fast-paced, riveting, not-quite-sf thriller. VERDICT Give this one to suspense readers eager for a different kind of thriller, as well as fans of survival fiction.' Readers will root for Ess as she battles Mother Nature and herself in a quest for answers. 'The setting offers a stark glimpse of a possible future and the politics of climate displacement. In Ess's world, the earth is precariously balanced at a climate tipping point, and she is perched at the edge of a choice: which life does she want? The one taken from her-and the dangerous secret that was buried-or the new one she can make for herself?Ī galvanizing riddle that is just as unmooring as it seems, this sharp character-driven odyssey explores a future challenged by our quickly changing world and the choices we must make to save what matters most. But why? And someone is watching her.someone who knows she must never learn her truth. The chilling clues she uncovers point to a desperate attempt at erasing her former life. She sails over a turbulent ocean to a town hundreds of miles away that, she hopes, might offer insight. She finds a note, but it's more warning than comfort: Start over. In Ess's world, the earth is precariously balanced at a climate tipping point, and she is perched at the edge of a choice: which life does she want? The one taken from her―and the dangerous secret that was buried―or the new one she can make for herself?Ī galvanizing riddle that is just as unmooring as it seems, this sharp character-driven odyssey explores a future challenged by our quickly changing world and the choices we must make to save what matters most.Ess wakes up alone on a sailboat in the remote Pacific Northwest with no memory of who she is or how she got there.

Ess wakes up alone on a sailboat in the remote Pacific Northwest with no memory of who she is or how she got there.

Adrift by Lisa Dee