In the not too distant future, the efects of climate change devastate the world and New Zealand becomes a haven for elites. When a young couple from the wrong side of the tracks gain entry into Wellington's most exclusive gated community, it appears their troubles are over. But they fnd themselves divided over the identity of Sam Starsailor, an alien prophet who has washed up on a beach near New Hokitika and is said to bring warnings from another planet. Te couple's housewarming party becomes an all-night carnival, and revolution gathers beyond the gate. Compulsively readable, Star Sailors is an electrifying novel which speculates on a future extrapolated from our present, now.