The SPIEGEL bestseller in the FISCHER TaschenBibliothek.
The book of the hour that gives us hope.
A small village. An epidemic and a global crisis. And a great story about humanity.

"Adventurous, disturbing, poignant." Star
"This novel restores one's faith in humanity." Elle

First a young man washes up, and then the whale beached. The three hundred and seven inhabitants of the fishing village of St. Piran immediately sense: something strange is beginning here. But no one suspects how existentially their community is threatened. Just like the whole country. And perhaps the whole world. Because everything is connected to everything else.

John Ironmonger tells a stirring story about what holds us together as humanity. And asks the important questions: do we know enough about the world we live in? What do we need to feel lifted up? And what would you do if everything was at stake?...