WINNER of the Hugo Award for Best Novella! Finalist for the Nebula Award! Nominated for the Locus Award! A New York Times Best of the Year! An Indie Next Pick! "Ray Nayler''s The Tusks of Extinction is 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 for The New York Times "Nayler excels at writing about ecosystems, nonhuman communities and the dilemmas of conservation. Tusks also includes a sharp focus on toxic masculinity and the sort of power trip that would drive a person into an extreme environment to slaughter a beautiful, irreplaceable creature. The result is both breathtaking and heartbreaking." --Charlie Jane Anders for The Washington Post "Nayler''s ( The Mountain in the Sea ) 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 "Impassioned and impressive.an uncompromising climate fiction that strikes like a spear to the gut.
" -- Publishers Weekly " 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 "Fans of biology-inspired sf will enjoy this short novel about human greed, the beauty of mammoths, and one human''s consuming fury." -- Booklist Praise for The Mountain in the Sea "I loved this novel''s brain and heart, its hidden traps, sheer propulsion, ingenious world-building, and purity of commitment to luminous ideas." --David Mitchell, New York Times bestselling author of Cloud Atlas " The Mountain in the Sea is a first-rate speculative thriller, by turns fascinating, brutal, powerful, and redemptive." --Jeff VanderMeer, author of Annihilation " The Mountain in the Sea is a wildly original, gorgeously written, unputdownable gem of a novel. Ray Nayler is one of the most exciting new voices I''ve read in years." -- Blake Crouch , author of Upgrade and Dark Matter "I came to The Mountain in the Sea for the cephalopods (I love cephalopods), but I stayed for the fascinating meditation on consciousness and personhood. I loved this book.
" --Ann Leckie, author of Ancillary Justice "A novel that is alert, intelligent, open." --Nicole Flattery, The New York Times "[Ad for readers of ecoterrorism thrillers and climate fiction." -- Library Journal , starred review "Impassioned and impressive.an uncompromising climate fiction that strikes like a spear to the gut." -- Publishers Weekly " 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 "Fans of biology-inspired sf will enjoy this short novel about human greed, the beauty of mammoths, and one human''s consuming fury." -- Booklist Praise for The Mountain in the Sea "I loved this novel''s brain and heart, its hidden traps, sheer propulsion, ingenious world-building, and purity of commitment to luminous ideas." --David Mitchell, New York Times bestselling author of Cloud Atlas " The Mountain in the Sea is a first-rate speculative thriller, by turns fascinating, brutal, powerful, and redemptive.
" --Jeff VanderMeer, author of Annihilation " The Mountain in the Sea is a wildly original, gorgeously written, unputdownable gem of a novel. Ray Nayler is one of the most exciting new voices I''ve read in years." -- Blake Crouch , author of Upgrade and Dark Matter "I came to The Mountain in the Sea for the cephalopods (I love cephalopods), but I stayed for the fascinating meditation on consciousness and personhood. I loved this book." --Ann Leckie, author of Ancillary Justice "A novel that is alert, intelligent, open." --Nicole Flattery, The New York Times "[Aa is a first-rate speculative thriller, by turns fascinating, brutal, powerful, and redemptive." --Jeff VanderMeer, author of Annihilation " The Mountain in the Sea is a wildly original, gorgeously written, unputdownable gem of a novel. Ray Nayler is one of the most exciting new voices I''ve read in years.
" -- Blake Crouch , author of Upgrade and Dark Matter "I came to The Mountain in the Sea for the cephalopods (I love cephalopods), but I stayed for the fascinating meditation on consciousness and personhood. I loved this book." --Ann Leckie, author of Ancillary Justice "A novel that is alert, intelligent, open." --Nicole Flattery, The New York Times "[Ad for readers of ecoterrorism thrillers and climate fiction." -- Library Journal , starred review "Impassioned and impressive.an uncompromising climate fiction that strikes like a spear to the gut." -- Publishers Weekly " 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 "Fans of biology-inspired sf will enjoy this short novel about human greed, the beauty of mammoths, and one human''s consuming fury.
" -- Booklist Praise for The Mountain in the Sea "I loved this novel''s brain and heart, its hidden traps, sheer propulsion, ingenious world-building, and purity of commitment to luminous ideas." --David Mitchell, New York Times bestselling author of Cloud Atlas " The Mountain in the Sea is a first-rate speculative thriller, by turns fascinating, brutal, powerful, and redemptive." --Jeff VanderMeer, author of Annihilation " The Mountain in the Sea is a wildly original, gorgeously written, unputdownable gem of a novel. Ray Nayler is one of the most exciting new voices I''ve read in years." -- Blake Crouch , author of Upgrade and Dark Matter "I came to The Mountain in the Sea for the cephalopods (I love cephalopods), but I stayed for the fascinating meditation on consciousness and personhood. I loved this book." --Ann Leckie, author of Ancillary Justice "A novel that is alert, intelligent, open." --Nicole Flattery, The New York Times "[Ad for readers of ecoterrorism thrillers and climate fiction.
" -- Library Journal , starred review "Impassioned and impressive.an uncompromising climate fiction that strikes like a spear to the gut." -- Publishers Weekly " 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 "Fans of biology-inspired sf will enjoy this short novel about human greed, the beauty of mammoths, and one human''s consuming fury." -- Booklist Praise for The Mountain in the Sea "I loved this novel''s brain and heart, its hidden traps, sheer propulsion, ingenious world-building, and purity of commitment to luminous ideas." --David Mitchell, New York Times bestselling author of Cloud Atlas " The Mountain in the Sea is a first-rate speculative thriller, by turns fascinating, brutal, powerful, and redemptive." --Jeff VanderMeer, author of Annihilation " The Mountain in the Sea is a wildly original, gorgeously written, unputdownable gem of a novel. Ray Nayler is one of the most exciting new voices I''ve read in years.
" -- Blake Crouch , author of Upgrade and Dark Matter "I came to The Mountain in the Sea for the cephalopods (I love cephalopods), but I stayed for the fascinating meditation on consciousness and personhood. I loved this book." --Ann Leckie, author of Ancillary Justice "A novel that is alert, intelligent, open." --Nicole Flattery, The New York Times "[Aa is a first-rate speculative thriller, by turns fascinating, brutal, powerful, and redemptive." --Jeff VanderMeer, author of Annihilation " The Mountain in the Sea is a wildly original, gorgeously written, unputdownable gem of a novel. Ray Nayler is one of the most exciting new voices I''ve read in years." -- Blake Crouch , author of Upgrade and Dark Matter "I came to The Mountain in the Sea for the cephalopods (I love cephalopods), but I stayed for the fascinating meditation on consciousness and personhood. I loved this book.
" --Ann Leckie,.