Seek Immediate Shelter - Vincent Yu
Vincent Yu
- Pages · 304 pages
- Publication Date · 06/08/2026
- Genre · Fiction: special features
Winner of the Barnes & Noble Discover Prize 2026BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND. SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER.�THIS IS NOT A DRILL. One ordinary morning, in an unexceptional town, every mobile phone lights up with the same emergency alert. In this compelling, darkly funny and moving debut novel, each of Vincent Yu's utterly relatable, flawed characters is given a choice:� in the face of mutually assured destruction, do we reach for grace and mercy or do we hold on to hate and fear? Eighteen minutes later the town learns via text that it was a false alarm and the question changes. Can we forgive each other for what's been said and done when the world didn't actually end?
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