The Ark

An object appears in the Solar System. It doesn't crash. It doesn't attack. It slows down. Then it stops beyond the Moon. Six hundred kilometres long and utterly silent, the impossible vessel waits while humanity watches. When a door finally opens, a team is sent inside. What they find is more disturbing than anything they expected. Air humans can breathe. Earth gravity. Beds. Kitchens. Hospitals. Schools. Gardens. Entire neighbourhoods. The vessel isn't merely capable of carrying people. It was built for them. Then a number appears. A countdown. As the days fall away, engineer Elliot Carver becomes one of the first people to enter the object the world has begun calling the Ark. Deep inside, he discovers evidence that forces humanity to question everything it thought it knew about its past—and its future. The Ark can carry billions. It expects billions to leave. But it won't say what happens to those who stay. Soon every person on Earth faces the same impossible decision. Leave behind the only world humanity has ever known and trust an ancient vessel whose purpose remains unclear... Or stay home and discover what the Ark knows is coming. THE ARK is a dark, high-concept science-fiction novel about survival, family, identity and the terrifying difference between being saved and choosing to leave.