‘The Limits is an ambitious and impressive novel of the near future, where an extinct oil platform attracts techno-spiritual gurus intent on digital immortality. It’s elegantly written, full of interesting speculation and taut action, and reminded me in places of Ned Beauman’s recent novels. With this outstanding debut, Munro is clearly a writer to watch’

I found myself drawn into Emily Munro's brilliantly imagined dark dystopia, a world compellingly close to home where AI and big tech serve to shield us from the climate collapse going on all around. A stunning and powerful debut from a writer with a huge future

A tense, terrifying vision of an all-too-plausible future, written with extraordinary tenderness for the humans trapped in it. Emily Munro is a beautiful writer, and a new voice well worth listening to

The Limits is a biting satire on late-stage capitalism, shirked responsibilities, and the extreme effort people will make to put distance between themselves and what they’ve done. Emily Munro’s brilliant debut is a timely, sharp and deeply humane novel about all the other things we’ll be doing as the world comes to an end

‘Intricately plotted, tender and terrifying, The Limits is a sharply realised vision of climate collapse, corporate guilt and the human longing to be saved. I couldn't put it down

‘A complex, twisty, futuristic eco-thriller involving a family in danger on an oil-rig-turned-luxury-hotel, powerful AI, a ravaged world, and much moral ambiguity. Who are the villains and who are the heroes? And what about the victims? Thought-provoking and absorbing, this is an accomplished debut’