The Vaster Wilds

A taut and electrifying novel from celebrated bestselling author Lauren Groff,about one spirited girl alone in the wildernesstrying to survive “Extraordinary… staggering…with wrenching beauty…This is a triumph.” \u00ad–Publishers WeeklyStarred Review “Must be read…The writing is inspiredthe imaginative power near mystic.” \u00ad–Kirkus Reviews A servant girl escapes from a colonial settlement in the wilderness. She carries nothing with her but her witsa few possessionsand the spark of god that burns hot within her. What she finds in this terra incognita is beyond the limits of her imagination and will bend her belief in everything that her own civilization has taught her. Lauren Groff’s new novel is at once a thrilling adventure story and a penetrating fable about trying to find a new way of living in a world succumbing to the churn of colonialism. The Vaster Wilds is a work of raw and prophetic power that tells the story of America in miniaturethrough one girl at a hinge point in historyto ask how—and if—we can adapt quickly enough to save ourselves.