Exit Party

From the bestselling author of Station Eleven, Exit Party is Emily St. John Mandel’s epic new story of crimes committed and loves lost across worlds and decades.'I am a big Emily St. John Mandel fanboy' – George R.R. Martin2031. America is at war with itself, but for the first time in weeks there is some hope: the Republic of California has been declared, the curfew in Los Angeles is lifted, and everyone in the city is going to a party.Ari, newly released from prison, arrives with her friend Gloria just as a fragile new era begins. But there are people at the party who shouldn’t be there. Something is very wrong . . .Years later, living a different life in Paris, Ari remains haunted by that night. Whatever happened at the party fractured her sense of reality – and may hold the key to a very different world.Freedom and surveillance, art and survival, love and loss in a broken world: Exit Party is the electrifying new novel from Emily St. John Mandel.Readers love Exit Party:‘A beautifully observed, deeply human novel’ *****‘Utterly gripping and thought-provoking’ *****‘One of the books of the year’ *****‘Great characters, great plot, great writing’ *****‘Incredibly readable, mind-bendingly creative and emotionally connected’ *****‘All the same qualities that made Station Eleven an instant hit’ *****