In Ascension
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| Author | Martin MacInnes |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Science fiction |
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Publication date | 2023 |
| Publication place | England |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
| Pages | 496 (first edition) |
| ISBN | 978-1-83895-624-0 |
| LC Class | PR6113.A2628 I53 2023 |
| Website | https://atlantic-books.co.uk/book/in-ascension/ |
In Ascension is a 2023 novel by Martin MacInnes, published in the UK by Atlantic Books and in the US by Grove Atlantic. It is published or forthcoming in ten languages. The novel tells the story of Leigh, a young girl who grows up in the Netherlands amid the specter of climate change and eventually becomes a marine scientist exploring ocean trenches and investigating an anomaly at the edge of the Solar System.
The book was longlisted for the 2023 Booker Prize, was the winner of Blackwell's 2023 Book of the Year, the Saltire Fiction Book of the Year, and the 2024 Arthur C. Clarke Award.