The Light Pirate

From the author of Good Morning,Midnight comes a hopefulsweeping story of survival and resilience spanning one extraordinary woman’s lifetime as she navigates the uncertaintybrutalityand arresting beauty of a rapidly changing world. Florida is slipping away. As devastating weather patterns and rising sea levels wreak gradual havoc on the state’s infrastructurea powerful hurricane approaches a small town on the southeastern coast. Kirby Lowean electrical line workerhis pregnant wifeFridaand their two sonsFlip and Lucasprepare for the worst. When the boys go missing just before the hurricane hitsKirby heads out into the high winds in search of his children. Left aloneFrida goes into premature labor and gives birth to an unusual childWandawhom she names after the catastrophic storm that ushers her into a society closer to collapse than ever before. As Florida continues to unravelWanda grows. Moving from childhood to adulthoodadapting not only to the changing landscapebut also to the people who stayed behind in a place abandoned by civilizationWanda loses familygains communityand ultimatelyseeks adventureloveand purpose in a place remade by nature. Told in four parts–powerwaterlightand time–The Light Pirate mirrors the rhythms of the elements and the sometimes quicksometimes slow dissolution of the world as we know it. It is a meditation on the changes we would rather not seethe future we would rather not greetand a call back to the beauty and violence of an untamable wilderness.