London: Century, 2022. First Edition. 598pp. Hardcover: FINE. Dust Wrapper: FINE. Digitally SIGNED, #476/750 copies.

'The Book of Sand: the first novel in an epic series created by one of the most gifted and invented storytellers of the twenty-first century'. Penguin. The story follows a disparate group of strangers known as "The Family" who find themselves trapped in a brutal, shifting desert wasteland filled with ruined cities, where they must solve a cryptic puzzle and reach a hidden exit before night falls and lethal forces are unleashed. Meanwhile, in the ordinary world of Fairfax County, Virginia, a teenage girl named McKenzie Strathie discovers a bizarre creature in her bedroom, triggering vivid hallucinations and an eerie connection to the desert realm. As the narrative cuts between their perilous race for survival and McKenzie's unfolding reality, their paths slowly intertwine to reveal the cosmic mystery binding both worlds together.