Experience a major new literary universe in the making 'I read The Morning Star compulsively and stayed awake all night after finishing it' Brandon Taylor Nine lives will be forever changed . . . One long night in August, Arne and Tove are staying with their children in their summer house in southern Norway. Kathrine, a priest, is flying home from a Bible seminar, questioning her marriage. Journalist Jostein is out drinking for the night, while his wife, Turid, a nurse at a psychiatric care unit, is on a nightshift when one of her patients escapes. Above them all, a huge star suddenly appears blazing in the sky, and so begins a series of mysterious events. For these six, and three others, life is about to become ever more surprising and unruly... 'Brilliant storytelling' Independent 'Addictive' Daily Telegraph 'Captivating' Observer