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| Author | Martin MacInnes |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Science fiction |
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Publication date | 2023 |
| Publication place | England |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
| Pages | 496 (first edition) |
| ISBN | 978-1-83895-624-0 |
| LC Class | PR6113.A2628 I53 2023 |
| Website | https://atlantic-books.co.uk/book/in-ascension/ |
In Ascension is a 2023 novel by Martin MacInnes, published in the UK by Atlantic Books and in the US by Grove Atlantic.[1] It is published or forthcoming in ten languages. The novel tells the story of Leigh, a young girl who grows up in the Netherlands amid the specter of climate change and eventually becomes a marine scientist exploring ocean trenches and investigating an anomaly at the edge of the solar system.
The book was longlisted for the 2023 Booker Prize,[2] was the winner of Blackwell's 2023 Book of the Year,[3] the Saltire Fiction Book of the Year, and the 2024 Arthur C. Clarke Award.[4]
- ^ "In Ascension". Grove Atlantic.
- ^ "In Ascension". The Booker Prizes. Archived from the original on August 1, 2023. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
- ^ Spanoudi, Melina. "In Ascension by MacInnes crowned Blackwell's Book of the Year". The Bookseller.
- ^ Jamieson, Patrick (December 8, 2023). "Scotland's National Book Awards 2023 winners". Publishing Scotland. Retrieved December 13, 2023.