Light Perpetyal

A German rocket strike in November 1944 instantaneously ends five young lives in London. Spufford imagines the futures these children might have lived had they survived to witness the extraordinary transformations of the twentieth century. This inventive novel weaves together disparate threads of possibility and consequence, exploring how chance and history shape human destiny. From the acclaimed author of Golden Hill, this is a work of breathtaking ambition and lyrical prose.