Michelle Sterling was born in British Columbia, Canada, and now lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where she teaches literature and writing at Berklee College of Music. Camp Zero is her first novel.
This is a distinctive, involving slice of cli-fi about the power of
solidarity that illustrates how closely utopias and their opposites
are related
*Daily Mail*
A gripping work of speculative climate fiction . . . page-turning
feminist mystery-thriller
*Observer*
Camp Zero is a sui generis novel, boldly imagined, intricately
designed, and convincingly detailed. Though set in the near future,
it resonates with a palpable sense of reality and with the deep
insights into some dimensions of the human condition, such as
migrations, the burden of the past, environmental destruction,
gender inequality, self-recreation. Page by page, the prose shines
with subtle verbal artistry. This is a groundbreaking literary
work.
*Ha Jin*
Michelle Sterling has written a big, gutsy, and clear-eyed novel of
the near future that neither lurches with dread nor swoons with
false hope: it's a cold, hungry adventure story about the power of
choice and the strength of solidarity. You won't be able to put it
down.
*Sean Michaels, Giller-Prize winning author of Us Conductors*
In an equally tantalizing and terrifying tour de force, Michelle
Min Sterling boldly remixes the realities of our present world, the
danger we are in, and the fates we have settled for through a
mesmerizing story of loyalty, deception, and ultimately love. Camp
Zero's dark twists and bright turns left me breathless, hopeful,
furious, and emboldened until the very end
*Nancy Jooyoun Kim, New York Times bestselling author of The Last
Story of Mina Lee*
Sterling's stunning debut offers a glimpse into a climate
change-ravaged future in which resources diminish quickly and new
frontiers are hard to find . . . this cleverly constructed climate
fiction mystery feels like one many readers could see within their
lifetimes. This should earn a place on shelves alongside Station
Eleven and Annihilation
*Publishers Weekly*
CAMP ZERO is the thrilling, urgent feminist climate fiction that
the world needs. With extraordinary world-building, captivating
characters, and sharp commentary on climate change, technology,
colonialism, capitalism, and the patriarchy, Michelle Min
Sterling's remarkable debut delivers its big ideas with suspense,
endlessly surprising twists, and abundant heart
*JESSAMINE CHAN, NYT bestselling author of THE SCHOOL FOR BAD
MOTHERS*
Action-packed . . . It's about how women can come together to
change the world . . . incredible
*Today*
The different narratives come together in a surprising and
satisfying way in this absorbing novel
*Guardian*
A gripping story about survival, with compelling characters and
frightening plot twists that will keep you riveted
*Real Simple*
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