The winner of many prestigious awards, the inimitable Patrick Ness gives the reader one of the most provocative and impressive youth novels of our time! Seth Wareing has only minutes to live - the icy ocean mercilessly throws him against the rocks. The burning cold pulls the young man to the bottom... He dies. And yet he wakes up, naked and bruised, very thirsty, but alive. How can it be? And what is this strange abandoned place in which he finds himself? Seth has a glimmer of hope. Perhaps this is not the end? Is it possible to change everything and return to real life to correct the mistakes once made?.. A strong, intellectual novel for modern youth. Emotional, rich, bright and attractive, with a large number of characters with whom you want to sympathize... A real event in modern literature.