- Published: 29 October 2024
- ISBN: 9781761343490
- Imprint: Penguin
- Format: Trade Paperback
- Pages: 352
- RRP: $38.00
This Kingdom of Dust
The stunning new novel from the author of The Midnight Watch
- Published: 29 October 2024
- ISBN: 9781761343490
- Imprint: Penguin
- Format: Trade Paperback
- Pages: 352
- RRP: $38.00
A tautly-paced literary thriller. The short, punchy perspectives maintain a sense of urgency across the tight timeline. The characters - a mix of entirely fictional figures and those based loosely on real people - are exquisitely crafted, complex and flawed. The research is fascinating and educational, completely transporting the reader to the setting.
Kate Dunphy, Books + Publishing
Riveting and elegiac, This Kingdom of Dust is a beautifully bold reimagining - and critique - of space history, and of the status quo. You'll never look at the Moon in quite the same way ever again.
Ceridwen Dovey
An absolute triumph. It’s strange and beautiful and expansive in all the right ways. And Aquarius and Buzz are fantastic, although Joan is even better - what a wonderful character.
James Bradley
I greatly enjoyed and admired David Dyer’s second novel, This Kingdom of Dust. It’s an ambitious, accomplished and original attempt at answering a question central to the imagination of a generation. It offers engaging meditations on religion, writing, meaning and death, all animated and illuminated by Dyer’s pacy, exciting and often unexpectedly moving storytelling.
Mark Dapin, The Australian
What i loved about this book, a reimagining of the moon landing, was the story of those left behind, in particular Joan, the wife of Buzz. I've heard that parallels are being drawn between Joan and Elizabeth Zott from Lessons in Chemistry and i totally get that. Both are incredibly strong independent women pushed down by the mores of 1960s America. But both of them are subversive in shining their light through at the end.
Anne, Devonport Bookshop
This fascinating novel by David Dyer contains multitudes. So if you're up for a dramatic thriller set in space, it's got you covered, but if you're looking for a riveting socially-conscious story of life as a woman in 60s America then you'll also find it within this gorgeous cover. An incredible story that we'd recommend to any readers.
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