Aurora

'Fantastic story, a real page-turner. Impossible to put down' Stephen King 'Forget a good night's sleep. Aurora is epic' Linwood Barclay * When the lights go out no one is safe... A planet without power. When a solar storm hits the earth, the lights go out across the planet. But this time the blackout won't be over soon - it could last for years. Aubrey and her stepson now face the biggest challenge of their lives. A society without rules. Soon they hear rumours of riots, the struggle for food becomes real, and even within their small communities, the rule of law is collapsing. Aubrey's estranged brother Thom, a self-made billionaire who abandoned her years ago, retreats to a gilded desert bunker where he can ride out the crisis in perfect luxury. A race to build a better world... But the complicated history between the siblings is far from over, and what feels like the end of the world is just the beginning of a personal reckoning long overdue... * 'Forget a good night's sleep. Aurora is epic, but personal and poignant, horrifying and darkly funny, and flat-out suspenseful' Linwood Barclay 'With Aurora, David Koepp has firmly staked his ground as one of the best thriller writers working today' Blake Crouch 'Aurora contains two great narratives on a collision course. When, where and how they collide will you keep you turning pages right up to The End' Brian De Palma 'David Koepp does it again! Mixing humour, terror, and an all-too-believable doomsday scenario, Aurora is at the top of my list this year' Christina Dalcher 'There's a reason David Koepp is the most successful screenwriter of all time. It's because he's one of the greatest storytellers of all time. Aurora is up there with his best: scary, funny, and thought provoking. Buy it immediately' Scott Frank, writer and director of The Queen's Gambit 'Everything a great novel, and great thriller, should be ... Frightening, surprising, wildly entertaining, but also full of heart' Mike Lupica, co-author of The Horsewoman with James Patterson, and Robert B. Parker's Revenge Tour 'Terrifyingly plausible, this apocalyptic tale focusses on one family and their trials and triumphs in the face of horrifying odds. Moving, thrilling, and thoughtful, it's a high-velocity thriller with heart and soul.' Tim Lebbon, author of The Last Storm 'This techno-thriller is a real page-turner: diving into the devastating consequences of an all-too-plausible "end of life as we know it" event... Koepp keeps the reader in constant suspense while making the fall-out of these epic events both relatable and poignant... you won't be able to put it down!' Ally Wilkes, author of All the White Spaces

David Koepp is a celebrated American screenwriter who's written more than two dozen feature films in a wide variety of genres, including the first two Jurassic Park films, Death Becomes Her, Carlito's Way, The Paper, Mission: Impossible, Spider-Man, Panic Room, War of the Worlds, Angels and Demons, and Inferno. Some of the films he's both written and directed are Stir of Echoes, Secret Window, Ghost Town, and Premium Rush, the latter two co-written with John Kamps. Koepp is also the author of the novel Cold Storage. He lives in Santa Barbara.