The Unfamiliar Garden by Benjamin Percy

The Unfamiliar Garden by Benjamin Percy

The night the sky fell, Jack and Nora Abernathy's daughter vanished in the woods. And Mia's disappearance broke her parents' already fragile marriage. Unable to solve her own daughter's case, Nora lost herself in her work as a homicide detective. Jack became a shell of a man; his promising career as a biologist crumbling alongside the meteor strikes that altered weather patterns and caused a massive drought.

It isn't until five years later that the rains finally return to nourish Seattle. In this period of sudden growth, Jack uncovers evidence of a new parasitic fungus, while Nora investigates several brutal, ritualistic murders. Soon they will be drawn together by a horrifying connection between their discoveries--partnering to fight a deadly contagion as well as the government forces that know the truth about the fate of their daughter.

Award-winning author Benjamin Percy delivers both a gripping science fiction thriller and a dazzling examination of a planet--and a marriage--that have broken.

Benjamin Percy has received a Whiting Award, a Plimpton Prize, two Pushcart Awards, and a National Endowment for the Arts grant, among other honors. He is the author of The Dead Lands, Red Moon, and The Wilding, as well as three story collections and Thrill Me, an essay collection. He also contributes to DC Comics' Green Arrow and Teen Titans series.