Translated by Martin Aitken.

On a seemingly normal night in August, a huge star appears suddenly in the sky. No one, not even astronomers and weather experts on TV can explain this alarming celestial phenomenon. Is it a newly discovered dying star? Or something new? Eventually, the interest in the news subsides and life goes on, but not quite as before. Reports of shocking portents and unsettling happenings pour in from the fringes of human existence. Creatures that previously existed only in nightmares, mythology, and computer games stalk through the forest, while animals and the environment itself appear to be behaving in strange new ways. Over several days, six characters will come to understand what is happening, each in their own way, and all face new struggles in their own lives. A beguiling and exhilarating return to fiction from one of the most acclaimed and talked-about global literary stars, Morning Star is a novel about what we do not understand--a cosmic, existential drama filtered through the lens of regular human lives. At its heart, it's about what happens when the dark forces in the world are set free.