In Ascension

Name: In Ascension
ISBN: 9781838855826

by Martin MacInnes

Arthur C. · 2024 · Winner

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Atlantic BooksJanuary 5, 2023Science Fiction & Fantasy Literary FictionISBN 9781838855826

Award History

Award	Year	Status	Citation
Arthur C. Clarke Award	2024	Winner	“Martin MacInnes's Booker-longlisted novel won the Clarke for its philosophical depth, its beautiful prose, and its meditation on the insignificance and mystery of human life set against geological and cosmic time.”

About This Book

A marine biologist discovers an impossibly deep trench in the Atlantic and is drawn into a NASA mission investigating signs of life there—a Booker-longlisted, Clarke-winning meditation on deep time and human limits.

About the Author

Martin MacInnesGB

Martin MacInnes is a Scottish author of literary science fiction who won the Arthur C. Clarke Award for In Ascension (2024), a novel following a marine biologist who discovers an impossibly deep trench in the Atlantic, leading to an unexpected journey. The novel was praised for its philosophical depth, lyrical prose, and its meditation on deep time and human insignificance. Read more →