THE MOUNTAIN IN THE SEA
RAY NAYLER'S LITERARY DEBUT FROM MCD x FSG (US) and Weidenfeld & Nicolson (UK)

LOCUS AWARD WINNER
 ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARD, NEBULA AWARD, LA TIMES BOOK AWARDS' RAY BRADBURY PRIZE FINALIST 
London TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST SCIENCE FICTION BOOKS OF ALL TIME BY ​ESQUIRE

Praise for The Mountain in the Sea:

“I loved this novel’s brain and heart, its hidden traps, sheer propulsion, ingenious world-building and the purity of its commitment to luminous ideas." ―David Mitchell, author of Cloud Atlas

"Astonishingly beautiful and intelligent SF." -- Adrian Tchaikovsky, author of Children of Time
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"As entertaining as it is intellectually rigorous, this taut exploration of human—and inhuman—consciousness is a knockout."―Publishers Weekly  starred review

"At a time when we are oversaturated with dystopian narratives, Nayler’s distinguishes itself by being almost devoid of cynicism. The only unforgivable sin here is indifference. The Mountain in the Sea suggests all our apocalyptic fantasies are only fantasies. We’re not afraid the world will end — we’re afraid it won’t, and that we will finally have to deal with the consequences of our own destruction." ― The New York Times

"At once a rich novel of ideas and a nail-biting thriller, The Mountain in the Sea is a triumph." ― Esquire

"A novel of ideas… [a] cerebral but not self-satisfied book that also features welcome episodes of comic relief and tightly choreographed action… It is successful entertainment as well as a warning."―The Guardian

"(A) poignant, mind-expanding debut"―The Washington Post

"(A) wondrous novel"―Slate

"Readers of Peter Godfrey-Smith's Other Minds and Eduardo Kohn's How Forests Think will delight in an Anthropocene adventure that brings their ideas so vividly to life."―The Times Literary Supplement

“The Mountain in the Sea is a wildly original, gorgeously written, unputdownable gem of a novel. Nayler is one of the most exciting new voices I've read in years.” ―Blake Crouch, author of the Wayward Pines trilogy and ​Upgrade

“The Mountain in the Sea is a first-rate speculative thriller, by turns fascinating, brutal, powerful, and redemptive. The book poses profound questions about artificial and nonhuman intelligence, and its answers are tantalizing and provocative.”―Jeff VanderMeer, author of Annihilation

"This compelling sf debut is impossible to put down, a delightful embroidery of the rush of scientific discovery and the pain of isolation, asking hard questions about what society is and what it means to truly understand another creature."―​Booklist starred review
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​"Artificial intelligence, nascent animal sentience, murderous flying drones: like the best of Gibson or Atwood, it brings all of the plot without forgetting the bigger questions of consciousness, ecocide, and scientific progress. Truly a one-of-a-kind story"
​―Kawai Strong Washburn, author of Sharks in the Time of Saviors

“Ray Nayler has taken on the challenge of a near future that's less certain than ever, and made it gleam . . . From these pages, I got the sense of William Gibson, and Paolo Bacigalupi -- and Donna Haraway, and Octavia Butler. This is a planetary science fiction, and a profound new kind of adventure, featuring ― among so many other wonders ― the best villain I’ve read in years. In the end, the enormity and possibility of this novel's vision shook tears loose. What a ride; what a feeling; what a future.”
―Robin Sloan, author of Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore and Sourdough

"I came for the cephalopods, but I stayed for the fascinating meditation on consciousness and personhood . . . I loved this book." ―Ann Leckie, author of Ancillary Justice

A high tide of ideas and emotion. A compelling vision of other minds sharing our world - a vision you will long to be true -- Stephen Baxter, author of Time 

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