'A captivating, deeply clever, wonderfully strange book. This book possessed me'
MELISSA ALBERT, author of THE CHILDREN

'An ambitious symphony of voices and worldbuilding . . . Hello, World! makes something new and haunting'
ERIKA SWYLER, author of THE BOOK OF SPECULATION

A perfect reality. A broken family. The secrets that will unravel everything.

World was created to be perfect, a virtual reality constructed as a shelter from the devastation of the real world. Enter your Preferences, say goodbye to your own reality, and plug in. Here, you can choose every detail -the right house, the right weather, the right life. The only price? You must leave everything behind. No ties, no memories, no baggage.

Aleta Seppala is living what should be an idyllic virtual life with her husband and daughter when she disappears without a trace. Elliane Seppala believes her mother abandoned them. Ted Seppala thinks his wife was taken, and suspects his friend and business partner. Their misery and loneliness aren't supposed to be possible, not here. Not in World.

Then Elliane meets a mysterious stranger who claims to know exactly what happened to her mother - and she discovers that World might be falling apart, glitch by glitch.

Hello, World! is a high-flying, high concept debut from a major new voice in fiction perfect for readers of Gabrielle Zevin and David Mitchell.

'A heady, ambitious, thrilling book'
LYNN STEGER STRONG, author of FLIGHT

'Hello, World! asks big questions . . . and has a lot of fun getting at the answers'
DARIA LAVELLE, author of AFTERTASTE