A desert and a world that seems like our own form the backdrop of The Book of Sand, the sci-fi debut of ... Here’s a look at the full cover, created by Sarah Riedlinger, followed by the excerpt ...

Say “deserts” and we’re likely to picture sand dunes and sterile badlands. But as Kaufmann shows in his latest book ... Seagulls nest in the desert, and migrating hummingbirds overflying ...