RAY NAYLER
  • AXE
  • TUSKS
  • MOUNTAIN
  • BIO AND BIBLIO
  • SUBSCRIBE
  • STORIES ONLINE
    • Hermetic Kingdom
    • The Case of the Blood-Stained Tower
    • The Empty
    • Mender of Sparrows
    • The Disintegration Loops
    • A Rocket for Dimitrios
    • Father
    • Berb by Berb
    • Charon's Final Passenger
    • Muallim
    • Año Nuevo
    • The Shadow of His Wings
    • Eyes of the Forest
    • Winter Timeshare
    • Mutability
    • Do Not Forget Me
    • A Threnody For Hazan
    • Incident at San Juan Bautista
    • Links to Other Stories Online
  • REVIEWS AND INTERVIEWS
  • ON WRITING AND PHILOSOPHY
  • AXE
  • TUSKS
  • MOUNTAIN
  • BIO AND BIBLIO
  • SUBSCRIBE
  • STORIES ONLINE
    • Hermetic Kingdom
    • The Case of the Blood-Stained Tower
    • The Empty
    • Mender of Sparrows
    • The Disintegration Loops
    • A Rocket for Dimitrios
    • Father
    • Berb by Berb
    • Charon's Final Passenger
    • Muallim
    • Año Nuevo
    • The Shadow of His Wings
    • Eyes of the Forest
    • Winter Timeshare
    • Mutability
    • Do Not Forget Me
    • A Threnody For Hazan
    • Incident at San Juan Bautista
    • Links to Other Stories Online
  • REVIEWS AND INTERVIEWS
  • ON WRITING AND PHILOSOPHY
THE TUSKS OF EXTINCTION

A 2024 NEW YORK TIMES ​BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
A 2024 WASHINGTON POST BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR 
FINALIST FOR THE 2025 NEBULA AWARD
FINALIST FOR THE 2025 HUGO AWARD


"Both breathtaking and heartbreaking." -- Charlie Jane Anders, The Washington Post

"A compact novella that reads like a superb science fiction inversion of Ernest Hemingway’s 'The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber'" -- Amal El-Mohtar, ​The New York Times

"Impassioned and impressive . . . an uncompromising climate fiction that strikes like a spear to the gut." -- Publishers Weekly

“A 'read in one sitting, think about for days' book." -- ​Indie Next List
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"Nayler’s compelling sci-fi thriller contemplates human greed and de-extinction through science. Highly recommended for readers of ecoterrorism thrillers and climate fiction." -- Library Journal  starred review

"Part action thriller and part profound comment on the nature of existence . . . Open-minded and open-hearted throughout, this is speculative fiction at its very best. -- The Big Issue

“Delv[es] into the vital issues on which the human future may depend. The Tusks of Extinction is a masterful work.” -- SciFi Mind

“The Tusks of Extinction is a moving tribute to the beauty of beasts too often taken for granted and a musing on the gifts of nature; human's propensity toward violence and greed; and the hidden layers of meaning found in human interactions with the wild.”-- Shelf Awareness

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