An enthralling, hopeful novel about the power of human connection in a
time of crisis, as the bonds of love, family, and duty are tested.
NATIONAL BESTSELLER.
How quickly he'd forgotten a fundamental truth: the closer you got to
the heart of a calamity, the more resilience there was to be found.
This is the story of a handful of people living through an unfolding
catastrophe.
Elliot is a first responder in New York, a man running from past
failures and struggling to do the right thing. Emma is a pregnant singer
preparing to headline a benefit concert for victims of a growing
outbreak--all while questioning what kind of world her child is coming
into. Owen is the author of a bestselling novel with eerie similarities
to the real-life crisis, and as fact and fiction begin to blur, he must
decide whether his lifelong instinct for self-preservation has been
worth the cost.
As we discover these characters' ties to one another--and to the mystery
of the so-called ARAMIS Girl--what emerges is an extraordinary web of
connection and community that reveals none of us is ever truly alone.
Brilliantly told by an unforgettable chorus of voices, this glittering
novel is a moving and hopeful meditation on what we owe to ourselves and
to each other. It reminds us that disaster can bring out the best in
people--and that coming together may be what saves us in the end.
