The Book of Sand: the first novel in an epic series created by one of the most gifted and invented storytellers of the twenty-first century.
''Shocking and satisfying ...a compelling, absorbingly different quest fantasy''Guardian
''An utterly original novel from an extraordinarily creative mind'' Karin Slaughter
''Unique and fearless'' Mark Billingham
''I inhaled it! It''s beautifully written and utterly compelling'' Harriet Tyce
''Fearless and compelling, lyrical and devastating by turns, the story never slackens pace.'' Jane Corry
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SAND. A hostile world of burning sun.
Outlines of several once-busy cities shimmer on the horizon. Now empty of inhabitants, their buildings lie in ruins.
In the distance a group of people - a family - walk towards us.
Ahead lies shelter: a ''shuck'' the family call home and which they know they must reach before the light fails
