Station Eleven: A Novel (National Book Award Finalist)

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • A PEN/FAULKNER AWARD FINALIST • Set in the eerie days of civilization’s collapse—the spellbinding story of a Hollywood star, his would-be savior, and a nomadic group of actors roaming the scattered outposts of the Great Lakes region, risking everything for art and humanity

• Now an original series on HBO Max

• Over one million copies sold! Kirsten Raymonde will never forget the night Arthur Leander, the famous Hollywood actor, had a heart attack on stage during a production of King Lear

That was the night when a devastating flu pandemic arrived in the city, and within weeks, civilization as we know it came to an end

Twenty years later, Kirsten moves between the settlements of the altered world with a small troupe of actors and musicians

They call themselves The Traveling Symphony, and they have dedicated themselves to keeping the remnants of art and humanity alive

But when they arrive in St

Deborah by the Water, they encounter a violent prophet who will threaten the tiny band’s existence

And as the story takes off, moving back and forth in time, and vividly depicting life before and after the pandemic, the strange twist of fate that connects them all will be revealed

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John Mandel’s bestselling new novel, Sea of Tranquility!