Station Eleven

NATIONAL BESTSELLER ΓÇó NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST ΓÇó A PEN/FAULKNER AWARD FINALIST ΓÇó Set in the eerie days of civilizationΓÇÖs collapseΓÇöthe spellbinding story of a Hollywood star,his would-be saviorand a nomadic group of actors roaming the scattered outposts of the Great Lakes regionrisking everything for art and humanity. ΓÇó Now an original series on HBO Max. ΓÇó Over one million copies sold! Kirsten Raymonde will never forget the night Arthur Leanderthe famous Hollywood actorhad a heart attack on stage during a production of King Lear. That was the night when a devastating flu pandemic arrived in the cityand within weekscivilization as we know it came to an end. Twenty years laterKirsten moves between the settlements of the altered world with a small troupe of actors and musicians. They call themselves The Traveling Symphonyand they have dedicated themselves to keeping the remnants of art and humanity alive. But when they arrive in St. Deborah by the Waterthey encounter a violent prophet who will threaten the tiny bandΓÇÖs existence. And as the story takes offmoving back and forth in timeand vividly depicting life before and after the pandemicthe strange twist of fate that connects them all will be revealed. Look for Emily St. John MandelΓÇÖs bestselling new novelSea of Tranquility!