Ply by Hernan Diaz

Published 24th September 2026.
Stealing electricity from the grid to power the downtown music scene she adores is a risky occupation, and the city she moves through is dangerous. Someone is following her. Soon, the pincher is drawn into a paranoid maze where her closest friends and even her own identity are put into question – all while following a thread leading to an extraordinary scientific experiment that could change the fabric of reality itself.

Set in a future filled with both uncertainty and promise, Ply is a deeply moving novel that interrogates the role of technology in a changed society. Combining Dickensian odyssey, family drama, and scientific thriller, Ply charts the tenuous boundaries of selfhood and the distance that inevitably stands between us and those we love.