Combining the wonder of The Midnight Library the inventiveness of Ready Player One and the
artistry of Cloud Atlas this novel by the bestselling author of The Oracle Year and Anyone
explores the way we're all connected?and what can happen when we lose our capacity for joy. A
few years from now in a world similar to ours there exists a sort of ?depression plague? that
people refer to simply as ?The Grey.? No one can predict whom it will afflict or how but once
infected there's no coming back. A young Hong Kong based scientist Lily Barnes is trying to
maintain her inner light in an increasingly dark world. The human race is dwindling and people
fighting to push forward are increasingly rare. One day Lily comes across something that seems
to be addressing her directly calling to her asking her to follow a path to whatever lies at
its end. Is this the Endless Vessel to happiness? She leaves her life behind and sets out
through time and space to find out. From its opening heart-stopping scene in the present day at
the Louvre in Paris through the earthly meetings between Lily and her loved ones past and
present to a shocking and satisfying conclusion in a truly enchanted forest Charles Soule has
channeled history science and drama to create a story for the ages?a story of hope and love
and possibility. This is a novel you will not soon forget.
