The Supernova Era

Eight years ago, eight light years away, a supermassive star died and tonight its supernova shockwave will finally reach Earth. Dark skies will shine bright as a new star blooms, and within a year everyone over the age of thirteen will be dead, their chromosomes irreversibly damaged. But will the young generation, though they imagine a better future, be able to escape humanity's darker instincts? From the author of the Hugoawardwinning "Three Body Problem".