How High We Go in the Dark

by Sequoia Nagamatsu · 2022

When the Siberian permafrost begins to melt, the ancient ice becomes a fragile ceiling threatening to collapse under the weight of centuries‑old mammoth bones and forgotten ecosystems. In *How High We Go in the Dark*, Sequoia Nagamatsu weaves a haunting, near‑future tale of a world on the brink, where climate‑driven catastrophe forces a disparate group of survivors to confront both the literal and metaphorical darkness that rises from the thaw. As the ground beneath them turns to water and the past resurfaces, they must decide whether to cling to the remnants of a broken civilization or to forge a new path forward, guided by the fragile light of hope and the stubborn resilience of the human spirit.