Description
Naya has spent her whole life training in an indoor world, but is she truly ready for the Outside? A brand-new sci-fi YA debut for fans of Scythe and Happy Head.
Whatever happens, don't go Outside. Naya has been navigating the disappearing doors, shifting windows, and size-changing rooms of her indoor city her whole life. She will do anything to be accepted into the city's governing body and police force, the NSDE, and anything to make her mother, the General, proud. So when her mother asks her to take on a top-secret, dangerous assignment, to spy on the Spiravits, a dangerous enemy with powers no one understands, she accepts. Naya knew the risks in leaving the safety of her indoor home, but she never thought the Spiravits would be so human, especially as she starts getting closer to two siblings, Zayn and Anice. And that Outside would be quite so...wonderful. What if everything she thought she knew was wrong? How can she complete her mission when she can no longer tell truths from lies?
Author: S. A. Gales
Publisher: Faber & Faber Children's
Published: 04/07/2026
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Paperback
ISBN13: 9780571385829
ISBN10: 0571385826
BISAC Categories:
- Young Adult Fiction | Science Fiction | General
- Young Adult Fiction | Action & Adventure | General
- Young Adult Fiction | Fantasy | General
About the Author
Originally from South Florida, Sally Gales graduated from the University of Glasgow with a Doctorate in Creative Writing and lives in Glasgow with her husband and their large, sooky greyhound. She combines her background in architecture and obsession with forgotten ruins to create fantastical worlds to frame her exploration of larger issues such as belonging and identity. iNSiDE is her debut novel and was one of the winners of the Imagined Futures Prize.