Sign-In
Cart
Numbered Skies
Paperback
Science FictionGeneral FictionLiterary Fiction
Publisher: Davis Shyaka Musirikare
Published: Apr 2 2026
Pages: 184
Weight: 0.43
Height: 0.42 Width: 5.25 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
One morning, the sky began to count.
Above every person's head, a shimmering silver number appears, ticking down with every breath. In the city of Orizon, life is no longer measured in years, but in the oxygen left in your lungs. For Sana, a nurse used to saving others, the numbers are a nightmare. Every surge of stress, every run for the bus, and every sob of grief costs a piece of the future. When she sees her younger brother Kiran's count is dangerously low, she realizes that in this new world, calmness is the only currency of survival.
As society fractures under the weight of its own mortality, a dark shadow rises. The government seeks to harvest the breath of the many to preserve a chosen elite. To save her brother, Sana must navigate a landscape of moral trade-offs, mysterious figures, and a global link that makes every neighbor's panic a personal threat.
Numbered Skies: Finding Peace in Every Breath is a cinematic and deeply emotional novel that explores what it means to truly live. It is a story for anyone who has ever felt the pressure of time, offering a vision of hope, sacrifice, and the unbreakable bond of human connection.
When the air starts counting, how will you choose to spend your last sighs?
Also from
Musirikare, Davis Shyaka
Also in
Science Fiction
On the Calculation of Volume (Book I): Shortlisted for the 2025 International Booker Prize
Balle, Solvej
Paperback
Red Rising 3-Book Box Set: Red Rising, Golden Son, Morning Star, and an Exclusive Extended Excerpt of Iron Gold
Brown, Pierce
Paperback