Ragnarok

The gods meet their cataclysmic end in this acclaimed work of fiction from the inimitable author of "Possession" and "The Children's Book," now in paperback. As the bombs rain down on Britain, one young girl struggling to make sense of her new life, whose dark, war-ravaged days feel very removed from the peace and love being preached in church and at school.

A.S. Byatt is an internationally acclaimed novelist, short-story writer and critic. Her books include the Booker Prize-winning "Possession," as well as "The Children's Book" and the quartet of "The Virgin in the Garden," "Still Life," "Babel Tower," and "A Whistling Woman." She was appointed Dame of the British Empire in 1999 and has been awarded numerous prizes, including the Commonwealth Writers' Prize, the PEN/Macmillan Silver Pen award, and the "Irish Times" International Fiction Prize. She lives in London, England.