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Departures · Young adult climate fiction

I wrote a book about the end of the world. It's funny. I promise.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy meets The Handmaid's Tale – for the climate generation.

Route

Seven stops, one ridiculous future

For travellers

11–16, and their adults

Luggage

A towel

Pack light. Be kind. Don't forget your towel.

The journey

Seven stops at the end of the world

This is the road Kevin hitches down. Scroll to follow him, one ridiculous stop at a time.

Stop 01 · Antarctica

Winter Wonderland

The last ski resort on Earth, run by a malfunctioning artificial intelligence called HAL. You will never forget the smell of penguins.

Guidebook warning: be nice to HAL, or sleep outside.

Stop 02 · The Amazon

South America

A zoo for dinosaurs in the rainforest. Feeding them is dangerous. The owners are worse.

Guidebook warning: do not pat the velociraptors.

Stop 03 · North America

Gilead

Strict rules, secret resistance, and a daring escape by swan-shaped paddle boat.

Guidebook warning: getaway swans are slower than they look.

Stop 04 · The high seas

The Boat

Sea sickness, whale attacks, and the world's least relaxing ocean crossing.

Guidebook warning: the whale is not waving. Row.

Stop 05 · Europe

The Elderly Union (EU)

Europe, rebranded. Safe, bureaucratic, and the perfect cover for smuggling music into a fascist regime.

Guidebook warning: bring a pen. Forms are in triplicate.

Stop 06 · North Africa

Africa

A music festival in Fez, contacts in Cairo, and the age of the pyramids putting everything into perspective.

Guidebook tip: music is power. Dance accordingly.

Stop 07 · Japan

Asia

A full-immersion anime park, a virtual-reality heist, and a farewell note that changes everything.

Guidebook warning: the game is real. Mostly.

Climate change is the road, not the lecture. The story is about hope, kindness and courage.

Postcards from the road

Favourite lines

It turns out the only thing that will survive the end of the world is cockroaches and toxic masculinity.
Stop 01 · Chapter One
You showed me that you can be brave and kind at the same time. That to care about someone isn't a weakness.
Kissa
A better world is always possible as long as we never give up.
Kevin
Kim Johnston, author of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Apocalypse, smiling outdoors among trees.
Your guide

I'm Kim. Scientist, dad, first-time author.

I've spent my career explaining science to people who didn't ask: geology to drilling crews, renewable energy to mushroom farmers. Turns out the trick is the same every time. Make it a good story, and make it funny. So that's what I did.

Read chapter one free

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