Clade
On a beach in
Antarctica, scientist Adam Leith marks the passage of the summer
solstice. Back in Sydney his partner Ellie waits for the results of her
latest round of IVF treatment.
That result, when it comes, will
change both their lives and propel them into a future neither could have predicted. In a collapsing England Adam will battle to survive an
apocalyptic storm. Against a backdrop of growing civil unrest at home,
Ellie will discover a strange affinity with beekeeping. In the aftermath of a pandemic, a young man finds solace in building virtual recreations of the dead. And new connections will be formed from the most unlikely
beginnings.
Clade is the story of one family in a
radically changing world, a place of loss and wonder where the
extraordinary mingles with the everyday. Haunting, lyrical and
unexpectedly hopeful, it is the work of a writer in command of the major themes of our time.
