Earth 7 by Deb Olin Unferth

An exhilarating, wildly inventive tour de force, of love, humanity and the end of the world as we know it. 

Two women, one raised in near solitude in a research pod in the depths of the ocean and one a luxury-resort bartender who may or may not be a robot, fall in love, cross deserts, gaze at the stars – and try not only to hold onto one another but together, possibly, salvage some trace of planet Earth.  

Heartbreaking, mind-expanding, soaring with beauty, Earth 7 is at once a love letter to the world and a portrait of its slow disappearance. It’s about love and grief, microbiology and astrophysics, robots and planet Mars, and humanity in all its greatness, absurdity and distress. Welding the deeply human to the thrillingly strange, fizzing with intelligence and profoundly moving, it is the novel we need right now, and for all times. 

One of NewScientist‘s best new sci-fi novels for July

‘Vital and extraordinary.’ Susie Mesure, Prospect

Format:Paperback / softback 248 pages
Publisher:Daunt Books
Imprint:Daunt Originals
ISBN:9781917092869
Published:16 Jul 2026
Classifications:Science fiction
Weight:234g