Notes from the Burning Age

"Notes from the Burning Age" is a dystopian eco-thriller by Claire North that combines the intimacy of betrayal with global climate collapse. It is one of the best books of recent years, packed with emotional punch. The novel follows Ven, a former holy man who is pressured by the Brotherhood to translate stolen writings that threaten his world. Ven must decide how far he is willing to go to save it.

Format: Hardback
Length: 416 pages
Publication date: 22 July 2021
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group

From one of the most imaginative writers of her generation comes an extraordinary vision of the future.

Ven was once a holy man, a keeper of ancient archives. It was his duty to interpret archaic texts, sorting useful knowledge from the heretical ideas of the Burning Age—a time of excess and climate disaster. For in Ven's world, such material must be closely guarded, so that the ills that led to that cataclysmic era can never be repeated.

But when the revolutionary Brotherhood approaches Ven, pressuring him to translate stolen writings that threaten everything he once held dear, his life will be turned upside down. Torn between friendship and faith, Ven must decide how far he is willing to go to save this new world, and how much he is willing to lose.

Notes from the Burning Age is the remarkable and captivating new novel from the award-winning Claire North that puts dystopian fiction in a whole new light.

Beautiful and riveting, Buzzfeed. Will keep readers hooked right up until the explosive close.

Publishers Weekly. A gripping, utterly involving, dystopian eco-thriller that balances the intimacies of betrayal against global climate collapse.

Daily Mail. An impassioned, urgent, and compelling new work that burns as bright as the fires of our own burning age. This is not to be missed.

Lavie Tidhar, World Fantasy Award-winning author.

North's talent shines out.

Sunday Times. An original and even dazzling writer.

Kirkus. North goes from strength to strength.

Guardian. Claire North's writing is terrific, smart, and entertaining.

Patrick Ness.

Weight: 670g
Dimension: 164 x 240 x 39 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780356514758