West with Giraffes and thriller as it plumbs

and thriller as it plumbs the mysteries surrounding a Paris-New York flight

despair and hope

Determining their 'contributions' to the world

From the author of Project Hail Mary comes "a hugely entertaining novel that reads like a rocket ship afire" (Chicago Tribune)

In the spring of 2020

West with Giraffes and thriller as it plumbsAn emotional, rousing novel inspired by the incredible true story of two giraffes who made headlines and won the hearts of Depression era America. "Few true friends have I known and two were giraffes" Woodrow Wilson Nickel, age 105, feels his life ebbing away. But when he learns giraffes are going extinct, he finds himself recalling the unforgettable experience he cannot take to his grave. It's 1938. The Great Depression lingers. Hitler is threatening