One thousand years from now, a small religious community is living in what were once the fens of eastern England. They are perhaps the world's last human survivors. Now, they find themselves stalked by a force that draws ever closer, a force intent on destroying everything they stand for. Set on the far side of the ecological apocalypse, Paul Kingsnorth's new novel is a mythical, polyphonic drama driven by elemental themes: of community versus the...

"When the decomposed body of a young woman is found near railway tracks just outside Bristol one hot May morning, all indications are that she's committed suicide. But DI Jack Caffery is not so sure. He's on the trail of a predator, a brutal killer who waits, hiding in the shadows. As Sergeant Flea Marley, a police diver and body recovery expert works alongside Cafferty, she is aware that her feelings for him go beyond the professional. But then she...