Camp Zero -- Michelle Min Sterling

<b>INSTANT <i>NEW YORK TIMES</i> BESTSELLER</b> <p/><b>A <i>Today</i> Show #ReadwithJenna Book Club Pick</b> <p/><b>In a near-future northern settlement, the fates of a young woman, a professor, and a mysterious collective of researchers collide in this mesmerizing and transportive debut that "delivers its big ideas with suspense, endlessly surprising twists, and abundant heart" (Jessamine Chan, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author).</b> <p/>In remote northern Canada, a team led by a visionary American architect is break-ing ground on a building project called Camp Zero, intended to be the beginning of a new way of life. A clever and determined young woman code-named Rose is offered a chance to join the Blooms, a group hired to entertain the men in camp--but her real mission is to secretly monitor the mercurial architect in charge. In return, she'll receive a home for her climate-displaced Korean immigrant mother and herself. <p/>Rose quickly secures the trust of her target, only to discover that everyone has a hidden agenda, and nothing is as it seems. Through skill-fully braided perspectives, including those of a young professor longing to escape his wealthy family and an all-woman military research unit struggling for survival at a climate station, the fate of Camp Zero's inhabitants reaches a stunning crescendo. <p/>Atmospheric, fiercely original, and utterly gripping, <i>Camp Zero </i>is an electrifying page-turner and a masterful exploration of who and what will su