The definitive, dramatic untold story of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster, based on original reporting and new archival research.
Adam Higginbotham has written for magazines including The New Yorker, the New York Times Magazine, Wired and Smithsonian. He is also the author of Challenger- A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space, which was awarded the Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction and the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction. He lives in New York City.
Superb, enthralling and necessarily terrifying . . . the accident
unfurls with a horrible inevitability. Weaving together the
experiences of those who were there that night, Higginbotham
marshals the details so meticulously that every step feels
spring-loaded with tension. . . . Amid so much rich reporting and
scrupulous analysis, some major themes emerge. . . . Higginbotham’s
extraordinary book is another advance in the long struggle to fill
in some of the gaps, bringing much of what was hidden into the
light.
*New York Times*
An invaluable contribution to history... tells a compelling story
exceptionally well.
*Evening Standard*
Reads like a thriller: forensic, compelling and utterly
terrifying.
*Mail on Sunday*
Higginbotham tells the story of the disaster and its gruesome
aftermath with thriller-like flair. Midnight in Chernobyl is
wonderful and chilling ... written with skill and passion. A tale
of hubris and doomed ambition.
*The Observer*
Adam Higginbotham uses all of the techniques of the top-notch
longform journalist to full effect. He swoops us into the heart of
the catastrophe.
*The Guardian*
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