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Survival in a devastating civil war.

American War is a compelling dystopian novel that presents a thought-provoking scenario of America torn apart by a second civil war. Its unique feature lies in the author's poignant portrayal of the human cost of war through the character of Sarat, who is forced to confront the horrific reality of war in order to survive. Recommended for readers interested in transformative fiction that raises questions about the role of power, ideology, and morality in times of crisis.

  • Arthur C. Clarke Award Nominee (2018)
  • James Tait Black Memorial Prize Nominee for Fiction (2018)
  • Oregon Book Award for Fiction (2018)
  • Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis Nominee for Bestes ausländisches Werk (Best Foreign Work) (2018)
  • Sunburst Award Nominee for Adult (2018)
  • CBC Canada Reads Nominee (2018)
  • Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize Nominee (2017)
  • Andrew Carnegie Medal Nominee for Fiction (2018)
  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Science Fiction & for Debut Goodreads Author (2017)
  • Dragon Award Nominee for Best Apocalyptic Novel (2017)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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American War

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ISBN: 9781509852192
Authors: Omar El Akkad
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Date of Publication: 2017-09-07
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: Fantasy, Science Fiction
Goodreads rating: 3.8
(rated by 38104 readers)

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Sarat Chestnut, born in Louisiana, is only six when the Second American Civil War breaks out in 2074. But even she knows that oil is outlawed, that Louisiana is half underwater, that unmanned drones fill the sky. And when her father is killed and her family is forced into Camp Patience for displaced persons, she quickly begins to be shaped by her particular time and place until, finally, through the influence of a mysterious functionary, she is turned into a deadly instrument of war. Telling her story is her nephew, Benjamin Chestnut, born during war – part of the Miraculous Generation – now an old man confronting the dark secret of his past, his family’s role in the conflict and, in particular, that of his aunt, a woman who saved his life while destroying untold others.
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Survival in a devastating civil war.

American War is a compelling dystopian novel that presents a thought-provoking scenario of America torn apart by a second civil war. Its unique feature lies in the author's poignant portrayal of the human cost of war through the character of Sarat, who is forced to confront the horrific reality of war in order to survive. Recommended for readers interested in transformative fiction that raises questions about the role of power, ideology, and morality in times of crisis.

  • Arthur C. Clarke Award Nominee (2018)
  • James Tait Black Memorial Prize Nominee for Fiction (2018)
  • Oregon Book Award for Fiction (2018)
  • Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis Nominee for Bestes ausländisches Werk (Best Foreign Work) (2018)
  • Sunburst Award Nominee for Adult (2018)
  • CBC Canada Reads Nominee (2018)
  • Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize Nominee (2017)
  • Andrew Carnegie Medal Nominee for Fiction (2018)
  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Science Fiction & for Debut Goodreads Author (2017)
  • Dragon Award Nominee for Best Apocalyptic Novel (2017)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.