Summerhouse Land

A novel by Roderick Gordon

Summerhouse
Land

An idea of what might be waiting on the other side. A place that isn’t heaven, or hell, or limbo. And no magic whatsoever.

The original linocut print by Stanley Donwood: a bare tree with coiling branches above a silhouetted figure, the title set in a hand-lettered oval.

Summerhouse Land is a book by Roderick Gordon, author of the Tunnels series. It was first published in late 2016 in a limited edition of five hundred hardbacks. With a striking cover illustration by Stanley Donwood, these copies were all individually numbered and signed by the author.

It is also available in a US-English version, in either paperback or eBook, on Amazon.com, or as a UK-English eBook on Amazon.co.uk.

The hardbacks are still available, just. If you need to know anything before ordering, don’t hesitate to email us.

A row of Summerhouse Land hardbacks in their printed jackets, with one black cloth-bound copy blocked in the same design.
The limited edition: black Wibalin boards blocked with Stanley Donwood’s illustration, under a partially debossed jacket.

From an interview, December 2015

“Yes, but in a gritty, un-Disney way.”

The story started out as my thoughts on death and heaven and what happens when we die. I’m not spiritual at all, but I still wanted to put forward an idea of what might be waiting on the other side. So I started off with a vaguely magical story, then the scientist in me took over because I needed to provide a logical explanation for this new place and how you might get there.

Read the full interview and chapter one →

Editions

  • Limited edition

    Signed hardback

    Signed & numbered · 497pp

    One of five hundred, individually numbered and signed by the author. Black Wibalin boards, blocked with the Donwood illustration, with printed endpapers.

    How to order
  • Paperback

    US-English · Amazon.com

    A print-on-demand paperback of the US-English edition, revised by the author for readers on the other side of the Atlantic.

    Buy paperback
  • eBook

    UK & US editions · Kindle

    Available as a UK-English eBook on Amazon.co.uk, or as the US-English edition on Amazon.com.

    UK US