Science Fiction

Burning Water

An Extinct Novel

18 May 2027 · United States

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Card and Johnston open Extinct with humanity’s return to a ruined Earth, where survival depends on understanding why someone has brought them back.

About the book

Four centuries after humanity was extinguished during an alien war, a small group of people is brought back on a devastated Earth. Their return serves a purpose in someone else’s conflict, leaving them to understand a world and mission they barely recognize.