A Line You Have Traced

A best science fiction, fantasy and horror pick from�The Guardian`A haunting and magnificent new voice.' Sam J. Miller, author of Blackfish City`We can fix what we have done. We can undo the mistakes our ancestors made. We can set right what has been done wrong... You are the first step.'In a silverware shop, a young wife works alongside her husband.�Amid growing political turmoil, Bea finds solace in the local marsh, where she is visited recurrently by a mysterious presence, logging each appearance carefully in a scarlet journal. �In a time like now, Kay navigates friendship, queerness and the temporary job market, whilst contemplating the significance of her life in a world with such an uncertain future. At her grandmother's house she finds an intriguing record of an angel's visits. �A hundred years into the future, outsiders have banded together to live off-grid away from a corrupt government and a city wracked by oppression and climate change. When Ess is chosen for a virgin mission, a journey into the past to save the present, she is guided only by a well-thumbed red notebook.�Set against the shifting landscape of�East London�marshes and expanding over three centuries, this is the breathtaking, urgent story of three women separated by history but threaded together by unknown forces. ��`An inventive, ambitious novel.' Chris Power, author of A Lonely Man�`A�gloriously innovative, endlessly surprising gut punch of a novel.' Rebecca Tam�s, author of Witch