Deluge

Only a few high ridges of England remain above the endless water—and upon them, the survivors must learn to live with what is left.

Martin Webster awakens to a world swept clean. His home, his community, and nearly everyone he has known have vanished beneath the flood. As he struggles through the wreckage of civilization, he encounters Claire Arlington, a champion swimmer whose courage and determination have kept her alive. Together they face hunger, violence, isolation, and a landscape in which every stranger may be either an ally or a threat.

But survival is only the beginning. When something Martin believed lost forever returns, the fragile life he and Claire have built is thrown into turmoil—and the new world proves as emotionally treacherous as the old one.

First published in 1927, S. Fowler Wright’s Deluge is a landmark of apocalyptic fiction: gripping, unsentimental, and startlingly modern in its vision of catastrophe and survival.

This beautifully crafted A17 Press Illustrated Edition brings Wright’s haunting drowned world to life in a volume designed to be read, admired, and treasured.