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
"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
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
"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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