Station Eleven

ANationalBookAwardFinalistAPEN/FaulknerAwardFinalistKirstenRaymondewillneverforgetthenightArthurLeander,thefamousHollywoodactor,hadaheartattackonstageduringaproductionofKingLear.Thatwasthenightwhenadevastatingflupandemicarrivedinthecity,andwithinweeks,civilizationasweknowitcametoanend.Twentyyearslater,Kirstenmovesbetweenthesettlementsofthealteredworldwithasmalltroupeofactorsandmusicians.TheycallthemselvesTheTravelingSymphony,andtheyhavededicatedthemselvestokeepingtheremnantsofartandhumanityalive.ButwhentheyarriveinSt.DeborahbytheWater,theyencounteraviolentprophetwhowillthreatenthetinyband’sexistence.Andasthestorytakesoff,movingbackandforthintime,andvividlydepictinglifebeforeandafterthepandemic,thestrangetwistoffatethatconnectsthemallwillberevealed.