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Pub Date 9 Jul 2026 | Archive Date 9 Jul 2026

Pan Macmillan | Picador


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Description

What would you sacrifice for a different life?

When you emigrate, you leave a version of yourself behind. Literally. One instance crosses the border; the other instance stays trapped behind it.

Some instances keep in touch, call each other daily, synchronize their lives and minds in the hopes of reintegrating and resuming a life as one person. Other instances, like Soyoung Rose Kang, leave home at age ten and never speak to their other selves again.

With a life of her own in New York, Rose never imagined she’d return to Korea. Then her grandfather dies and Soyoung, her Korean instance, summons her home for the funeral. But Soyoung’s motives aren’t as innocent as Rose imagined, and the consequences of Rose’s return to Seoul will change her forever.

A story of doppelgängers and corporate intrigue, heartbreak and betrayal, Sublimation is an immigrant tale like no other, capturing the longing for another life and twisting it into a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse.

What would you sacrifice for a different life?

When you emigrate, you leave a version of yourself behind. Literally. One instance crosses the border; the other instance stays trapped behind it.

Some...


Advance Praise

Sublimation speaks to our moment in ways we could not have expected’ John Scalzi, New York Times bestselling author of Starter Villain

‘A dazzling parable of connection and isolation’ Scott Westerfeld, author of Uglies

‘An unsettling and suspenseful narrative about the borders that cross us and the selves we subsequently leave behind’ Anton Hur, author of Toward Eternity

'I have never felt more seen by a book in my life' Ai Jiang, author of A Palace Near the Wind

'Sublimation is modern science fiction at its best and most relevant, articulating a metaphor that speaks to one of our world’s greatest and most ubiquitous crises' Vajra Chandrasekera, Nebula Award-winning author of The Saint of Bright Doors

'A heartrending and mind-bending novel about our slippery sense of identity and desire – essential reading for understanding today's reality' Stephanie Feldman, author of Saturnalia

'Sublimation is the big bold brilliant book we have been waiting for' Sam J. Miller, bestselling author of Blackfish City

Sublimation speaks to our moment in ways we could not have expected’ John Scalzi, New York Times bestselling author of Starter Villain

‘A dazzling parable of connection and isolation’ Scott...


Available Editions

EDITION Hardcover
ISBN 9781035065523
PRICE £16.99 (GBP)
PAGES 368

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