What's going on? And why is it that whenever he closes his eyes, he falls prey to vivid, agonizing memories that seem more real than the world around him? Seth begins a search for answers, hoping that he might not be alone, that this might not be the hell he fears it to be, that there might be more than just this. A boy named Seth drowns, desperate and alone in his final moments, losing his life as the pounding sea claims him. Carnegie Medal-winning author Patrick Ness tackles weighty questions of life and death head on in this provocative and challenging young adult novel. From two-time Carnegie Medal winner Patrick Ness comes an enthralling and provocative new novel chronicling the life or perhaps afterlife of a teen trapped in a crumbling, abandoned world. But the neighbourhood around his old house is overgrown, covered in dust and completely abandoned. Seth heads out across the apocalyptic landscape in search of answers, but what he finds is more unexpected than anything he could have imagined. So how is he is here? And where is this place? It looks like the suburban English town where he lived as a child, before an unthinkable tragedy happened and his family moved to America. How is that possible? He remembers dying, his bones breaking, his skull dashed upon the rocks. A boy called Seth drowns, desperate and alone in his final moments, losing his life as the pounding sea claims him.

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