''The EarthEnd Saga'' is a

science fiction Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel unive ...

novel series co-written by actress Gillian Anderson and writer Jeff Rovin. The first book, ''A Vision of Fire'' was first released in October 2014. ''A Dream of Ice'' was published a little more than one year later, in December 2015. The third book of the novel series is titled ''The Sound of Seas'' was published in September 2016. The series been translated into Finnish, French, Portuguese and Polish.

Premise

Child psychologist Developmental psychology is the scientific study of how and why humans grow, change, and adapt across the course of their lives. Originally concerned with infants and children, the field has expanded to include adolescence, adult development, ...

Caitlin O'Hara investigates a series of strangely behaving young people all around the world, which causes Caitlin to think that there's an unexplained force at work. She does her best to uncover the

supernatural Supernatural refers to phenomena or entities that are beyond the laws of nature. The term is derived from Medieval Latin , from Latin (above, beyond, or outside of) + (nature) Though the corollary term "nature", has had multiple meanings si ...

links between these seemingly unrelated cases in order to not only save her patient, Maanik, but perhaps the whole world from disaster.

Characters

*Caitlin O'Hara,

M.D. Doctor of Medicine (abbreviated M.D., from the Latin ''Medicinae Doctor'') is a medical degree, the meaning of which varies between different jurisdictions. In the United States, and some other countries, the M.D. denotes a professional degree. T ...

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: A 39-year-old renowned child psychologist, and a single mother to her child, Jacob. She lives in

Manhattan Manhattan (), known regionally as the City, is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City. The borough is also coextensive with New York County, one of the original counties of the U.S. state ...

and has a younger sister, Abby, who is a Surgeon in

Santa Monica, California Santa Monica (; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Santa Mónica'') is a city in Los Angeles County, California, Los Angeles County, situated along Santa Monica Bay on California's South Coast (California), South Coast. Santa Monica's 2020 United Sta ...

. *Maanik Pawar: A precocious, extroverted 16-year-old and daughter of Ganak Pawar, the Indian Ambassador to the United Nations. After being caught up in an attempted assassination, Maanik experiences visions, makes unique gestures using her body and speaking incoherent words. *Benjamin 'Ben' Moss: A translator at the

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and a close friend of Caitlin's. Ben and Caitlin met while studying at

New York University New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded by a group of New Yorkers led by then-Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin. In 1832, the ...

. *Jacob O'Hara: Caitlin's 10-year-old deaf child. He uses hearing aids and communicates using a mixture of sign language and speaking. *Hansa Pawar: Maanik's mother and Ganak's wife. * Andrew 'Andy' Thwaite: An Australian sociologist and Jacob's father. He was divorced with three kids when he met Caitlin in Thailand during the 2004 Tsunami Relief Efforts. He has weekly video chats with Jacob. *Gaelle Anglade: A

Haiti Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and ...

an woman, living in Jacmel, who contributes to a literacy and numeracy programme for women in

Port-au-Prince Port-au-Prince ( , ; ht, Pòtoprens ) is the capital and most populous city of Haiti. The city's population was estimated at 987,311 in 2015 with the metropolitan area estimated at a population of 2,618,894. The metropolitan area is define ...

and is studying to become a nurse. She experiences an incident where she presents symptoms similar to Maanik's condition. *Joseph Patrick O'Hara: Caitlin's father. *Aaron Basher: A doctor from West Orange, New Jersey, who has resided in

for five years, since the

2010 Haiti Earthquake A disaster, catastrophic Moment magnitude scale, magnitude 7.0 Mw earthquake struck Haiti at 16:53 local time (21:53 UTC) on Tuesday, 12 January 2010. The epicenter was near the town of Léogâne, Ouest (department), Ouest department, a ...

and helps Caitlin investigate the cause of Gaelle's incident.

List of novels

Adaptation

In May 2016, Anderson announced that the book series was sold to be made into a TV series.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Earthend Saga American science fiction novels American thriller novels American mystery novels