The breathtaking new novel from Ian McEwan
‘A thumping literary mystery’Independent
‘A gripping page-turner’Observer
‘A beautiful novel, full of wisdom and heart. I loved it’Elif Shafak

2014:A poem is read aloud once then vanishes without a trace.

2119:A century later, the seas have risen and the world is under water. Those who remain are haunted by what’s been lost – and what might still be found.

When university scholar Tom Metcalfe stumbles across a clue that may lead to the great lost poem, he reveals a story of entangled love and a brutal crime that challenges everything he thought he knew about the past…