Osiris
“Nobody leaves Osiris. Osiris is a lost city. She has lost the world and world has lost her..."
Rising high above the frigid waters, the ocean city of Osiris has been cut off from the land since the Great Storm fifty years ago. Most
believe that Osiris is the last city on Earth, while others cling to the idea that life still survives somewhere beyond the merciless seas. But for all its inhabitants, Citizens and refugees alike, Osiris is the
entire world – and it is a world divided.
Adelaide is the
black-sheep granddaughter of the city’s Architect. A jaded socialite
and family miscreant, she wants little to do with her powerful
relatives – until her troubled twin brother disappears mysteriously.
Convinced that he is still alive, she will stop at nothing to find him,
even if it means uncovering long-buried secrets.
Vikram, a
third-generation storm refugee quarantined with thousands of others in
the city’s impoverished western sector, sees his own people dying of
cold and starvation while the elite of Osiris ignore their plight.
Determined to change things, he hopes to use Adelaide to bring about
much-needed reforms – but who is using who?
As another brutal
winter brings Osiris closer to riot and revolution, two very different
people, each with their own agendas, will attempt to bridge the gap
dividing the city, only to find a future far more complicated than
either of them ever imagined.
Osiris is the beginning of an
ambitious new science fiction trilogy exploring a near-future world
radically transformed by rising seas and melting poles.
E. J. Swift
E.J. Swift is the author of The Osiris Project, a speculative fiction trilogy published by Del Rey UK and Jabberwocky (US) that explores the geopolitical impacts of climate change. Book One, Osiris, is set in a future ocean metropolis, a failed utopia whose inhabitants believe they live on the last city on earth. The second book, Cataveiro, is set in South America, and expands the series to explore the world beyond Osiris. The series concludes with Tamaruq.
Her latest novel, Paris Adrift, a tale of bartenders, time travel and the City of Light, is published by Solaris.
The Osiris Project
The Osiris Project consists of three books. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.