Future

‘Compulsively readable … A nail-biting love story and a witty page-turner about the pros and cons of human civilization’ Emma Donoghue, bestselling author of Haven The new novel from the Women’s Prize-winning, bestselling author of The Power, The Future is a white-knuckle tour de force and dazzling exploration of the world we have made and where we are going. The Future is where the money is.The Future is a few billionaires leading the world to destruction.The Future is a handful of friends hatching a daring plan.The Future is the greatest heist ever? Or the cataclysmic end of civilisation…The Future is here. ‘A rollicking, fun-packed thriller with juicy stakes, constantly escalating twists, and a cast of characters who feel like they already exist somewhere out there in our fragile, free-wheeling present’ Alastair Reynolds, author of Eversion

“How can a novel of big ideas be such compulsively readable entertainment? A nail-biting love story and a witty page-turnerabout the pros and cons of human civilization, The Future is a wow.” Emma Donoghue, bestselling author of Haven "The Future couldn't be more timely, or more welcome. It's the book we need right now. It manages to be a persuasive, carefully thought-through manual for social and technological change, a roadmap to a better, greener, kinder tomorrow – a world that's ours for the taking if we want it badly enough – while also a rollicking, fun-packed thriller with juicy stakes, constantly escalating twists, and a cast of characters who feel like they already exist somewhere out there in our fragile, free-wheeling present." Alastair Reynolds, author of Eversion

Naomi Alderman is the bestselling author of The Power, which won the Women’s Prize for Fiction, and was chosen as a book of the year by the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, and was recommended as a book of the year by both Barack Obama and Bill Gates. The Power was recently adapted as a series for Amazon Prime. As a novelist, Alderman has been mentored by Margaret Atwood via the Rolex Arts Initiative, she is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and her work has been translated into more than thirty-five languages. As a video games designer, she was lead writer on the groundbreaking alternate reality game Perplex City, and is co-creator of the award-winning smartphone exercise adventure game Zombies, Run!, which has more than 10 million players. She lives in London.