Sea of Tranquility

by Emily St. John Mandel

First published 2023

In the Canadian wilderness, an eighteen-year-old hears a violin in an airship terminal, a moment that shocks him. Centuries later, a writer on a pandemic-era book tour mentions the same strange event in her novel. When a detective is hired to investigate, he uncovers a series of lives upended by the chance to do something extraordinary that will disrupt the timeline of the universe. A virtuoso performance that blends time travel, metaphysics, and the realities of our current moment.

Genres: literary-fiction, adventure, 21st-century, alternate-history

Vibes: atmospheric, suspenseful, thought-provoking

Tropes: chance-to-do-extraordinary, detective-investigation

272 pages · Paperback · Vintage

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