Axiom's End: A Novel

Lindsay Ellis

Jul 2020 · Noumena Book 1 · Sold by St. Martin's Press

About this ebook

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

The alternate history first contact adventure Axiom's End is an extraordinary debut from Hugo finalist and video essayist Lindsay Ellis.

Truth is a human right.

It’s fall 2007. A well-timed leak has revealed that the US government might have engaged in first contact. Cora Sabino is doing everything she can to avoid the whole mess, since the force driving the controversy is her whistleblower father. Even though Cora hasn’t spoken to him in years, his celebrity has caught the attention of the press, the Internet, the paparazzi, and the government—and with him in hiding, that attention is on her. She neither knows nor cares whether her father’s leaks are a hoax, and wants nothing to do with him—until she learns just how deeply entrenched her family is in the cover-up, and that an extraterrestrial presence has been on Earth for decades.

Realizing the extent to which both she and the public have been lied to, she sets out to gather as much information as she can, and finds that the best way for her to uncover the truth is not as a whistleblower, but as an intermediary. The alien presence has been completely uncommunicative until she convinces one of them that she can act as their interpreter, becoming the first and only human vessel of communication. Their otherworldly connection will change everything she thought she knew about being human—and could unleash a force more sinister than she ever imagined.

Ratings and reviews

One of the best books I've read from start to finish. It's interesting, weird, quirky, and most definitely written by Lindsey Ellis. It's really weird reading it as it goes in a bunch of different places both expected and kind of out of nowhere. If I have one complaint, it's that the ending is Abit weak/anticlimactic and the story can sometimes be a bit monotonous or repeat itself Abit too often. But it's great none the less, especially for a first time author.

Being a fan of Lindsay Ellis' videos I knew that I would enjoy Axiom's End before I even started reading. What I did not know was how much I would love it. I finished the book in about a week and am ready to jump into the next book.

Fantastic debut from Lindsay Ellis. If you're familiar with her work, you'll definitely recognize her voice in her writing. Well paced, bloody and intriguing.

About the author

LINDSAY ELLIS is a New York Times bestselling author, Hugo Award finalist, and video essayist who creates online content about media, narrative, literature, and film theory. After earning her bachelor's in cinema studies from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, she earned her MFA in film and television production, with a focus in documentary and screenwriting, from USC's School of Cinematic Arts. She lives in Long Beach, California. Her debut novel, Axiom's End, was an instant New York Times bestseller.