The Merge

The Merge is a 2025 dystopian novel by English author Grace Walker.[1][2][3]

The Merge
The Merge
AuthorGrace Walker
Published2025
PublisherOneworld Publications
For other uses, see Merge.

The Merge is a 2025 dystopian novel by English author Grace Walker.[1][2][3]

Publication history

The UK and Commonwealth publications rights for the novel were acquired by Oneworld Publications in early 2025.[4]

Reception

Kirkus Reviews reviewed the novel as "excellent addition to the growing catalog of 21st-century dystopian nightmares," saying that it was "a taut thriller."[5] Alex Good of the Toronto Star reviewed the novel as "a solid debut," saying that it had "a slow build... into psychological thriller territory and ends up taking the reader for quite a ride."[6] Publishers Weekly wrote that "Walker effectively blends climate dystopia and body horror, especially in the novel’s chilling final twist. Readers of The Great Transition by Nick Fuller Googins will enjoy this."[7] Lisa Tuttle of The Guardian wrote that it was a "compelling and disturbing story of love and sacrifice, control and resistance."[8]

References

  1. ^ "'The Merge' by Grace Walker". BBC Radio 2. 9 December 2025. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
  2. ^ "Grace Walker on her dystopian debut, set in a future society busy redefining the meaning of humanity". The Bookseller. 26 September 2025. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
  3. ^ Cosgrove, Jocelyn (28 November 2025). "Dystopian themes in Grace Walker's debut novel 'The Merge'". New University. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
  4. ^ "Oneworld to publish Grace Walker's debut after six-figure US pre-empt". Oneworld Publications. 3 March 2025. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
  5. ^ "The Merge". Kirkus Reviews. 13 September 2025. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
  6. ^ Good, Alex (1 November 2025). "New science-fiction books offer techno terror, body horror and a novel-length poem". Toronto Star. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
  7. ^ "The Merge". Publishers Weekly. 29 August 2025. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
  8. ^ Tuttle, Lisa (7 November 2025). "The best recent science fiction, fantasy and horror – review roundup". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
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