Human survival on another planet hinges on a bizarre alliance in this character-driven debut science fiction novel of first contact.


"Combines the world-building of
Avatar with the alien wonder of
Arrival, and the sheer humanity of Atwood. An essential work for our time." —Stephen Baxter, award-winning author of
The Time Ships



Colonists from Earth wanted the perfect home, but they'll have to survive on the one they found. They don't realize another life-form watches . . . and waits . . .



Can humans learn how to communicate with the planet's sentient species and forge an alliance to prove that humans are more than mere tools?



Praise for
Semiosis




Esquire's Best Science Fiction Books of All Time


2019 Campbell Memorial Award Finalist


2019 Locus Finalist for Best Science Fiction Novel



Locus 2018 Recommended Reading List


New York Public Library—Best of 2018



Forbes—Best Science Fiction Books of 2018–2019



The Verge—Best of 2018



Thrillist—Best Books of 2018



Vulture—10 Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books of 2018



Chicago Review of Books—The 10 Best Science Fiction Books of 2018


Texas Library Association—Lariat List Top Books for 2019


"This is up there with Ursula K. Le Guin: science fiction at its most fascinating and most humane." —
Thrillist



"Original, gripping, and gloriously unpredictable." —Mira Grant,
New York Times–bestselling author of
Parasite