Camp Zero (Unabridged)
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3.1 • 13 Ratings
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- $19.99
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- $19.99
Publisher Description
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
A Today Show #ReadwithJenna Book Club Pick
Libby Book Award Winner for Best Diverse Author
In a near-future northern settlement, the fates of a young woman, a professor, and a mysterious collective of researchers collide in this mesmerizing and transportive debut that “delivers its big ideas with suspense, endlessly surprising twists, and abundant heart” (Jessamine Chan, New York Times bestselling author).
In remote northern Canada, a team led by a visionary American architect is breaking ground on a building project called Camp Zero, intended to be the beginning of a new way of life. A clever and determined young woman code-named Rose is offered a chance to join the Blooms, a group hired to entertain the men in camp—but her real mission is to secretly monitor the mercurial architect in charge. In return, she’ll receive a home for her climate-displaced Korean immigrant mother and herself.
Rose quickly secures the trust of her target, only to discover that everyone has a hidden agenda, and nothing is as it seems. Through skillfully braided perspectives, including those of a young professor longing to escape his wealthy family and an all-woman military research unit struggling for survival at a climate station, the fate of Camp Zero’s inhabitants reaches a stunning crescendo.
Atmospheric, fiercely original, and utterly gripping, Camp Zero is an electrifying page-turner and a masterful exploration of who and what will survive in a warming world, and how falling in love and building community can be the most daring acts of all.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
We couldn’t stop listening to this exciting eco-dystopian adventure. It’s 2049 and climate collapse has ravaged the earth, with the rich ensconced in floating cities while the rest of humanity fights for survival. Displaced Korean American Rose has secured a place for her immigrant mother in one of those wealthy enclaves—as long as she agrees to move to a desolate settlement in the frigid North and spy on its mysterious architect. As Rose encounters intriguing strangers, including a professor with a dark family history and a fierce collective of women scientists, the novel shifts perspectives. Debut author Michelle Min Sterling creates a disturbingly believable sense of slow-motion apocalypse in her spare prose and brilliantly explores issues of gender and race. A trio of narrators expertly handles the multistranded story, which helps make it clear where the listener is in the increasingly complex plot. Camp Zero is a disturbing near-future thriller with a humanistic vibe.
