Things I Learned While I Was Dead

以緊湊的節奏和穿插詩歌的形式展現，雙主角視角讓讀者深入感受姊妹間的深厚情感與掙扎。故事不僅是未來科幻冒險，也引發對醫療技術、人性、倫理、以及面對氣候變遷後世界的思考。

主角是17歲的Calico，她的妹妹Asha因疾病去世多年，現代醫學無法治癒她。為了拯救Asha，Calico決定接受一項極端的冷凍保存技術（冷凍人技術），兩人將被凍結等待未來的醫療突破。但事情並未如預期發展，Calico被喚醒時，已身處一個氣候災難後、技術退化的未來世界，且妹妹Asha不知所蹤。Calico不得不在這個充滿危險和秘密的研究設施中努力尋找真相，保護自己與其他冷凍復活的試驗者，同時質疑科學的倫理與代價。

這本書以緊湊的節奏和穿插詩歌的形式展現，雙主角視角讓讀者深入感受姊妹間的深厚情感與掙扎。故事不僅是未來科幻冒險，也引發對醫療技術、人性、倫理、以及面對氣候變遷後世界的思考。

How much is one life worth and what would you sacrifice to save it? For Calico, the answer is simple. Nothing is more important than preserving her sister's life. No cost is too great. Until it is . . .

Saving Asha. That's my religion. That's my science . . . Without Asha, there is no me.

Asha is dead. Years of medical treatment were not enough to heal her. The only way 17-year-old Calico can save her younger sister now is by joining her in death - at least until modern medicine can bring them both back to healthy life. Cryogenics is the answer: Scientific. Legal. Safe. Or so Dr Fates would have her believe. He plans to preserve the sisters' bodies until his biotechnology research finds a cure for Asha.

But when Calico is brought back to life, she's in a post climate catastrophe, low-tech future trapped in a research facility. She's at risk of being sold off to a sinister enforced breeding programme. And worst of all - Asha is missing.

Calico must find a way to save her sister, herself, and the new friends she's made among the other test subjects. But first she has to unravel the secrets the facility is hiding and reveal the lies she has been part of.

In this striking debut, Kathryn Clark raises poignant questions about the ethics of medical science, humans playing god, the consequences of our choices, and the place of consent in healthcare.

'A haunting tale filled with emotional highs and lows.' - Kenechi Udogu
'A heart-stopping (literally!) concept.' - Melissa Welliver
'I was hooked from page one and I could not put it down!' - S. A. Gales
'Absolutely unputdownable!' - Finbar Hawkins