Landfall. James Bradley. 2025.

The world is in the grip of climate catastrophe. Sydney has been transformed by rising sea levels, soaring temperatures. And rocketing social division and unrest.

When a child on the margins goes missing, Senior Detective Sadiya Azad is assigned to find her. She knows what it is to be displaced, and swallowed by the landscape. A murder near the site of the girl’s disappearance suggests a web of corruption, but fear keeps eyes turned and mouths closed.

With few leads and only days until a deadly storm strikes the city, Sadiya and offsides Detective Sergeant Paul Findlay find themselves locked in a race against time. In this city, there are mire ways than one to disappear.