Illuminae

Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff

Book 1 of The Illuminae Files

Illuminae is a YA science-fiction novel told entirely through emails, chat logs, military files, and AI transcripts compiled after a devastating attack on a mining colony. It follows exes Kady Grant and Ezra Mason as they flee aboard separate evacuation ships, only to face a mutating plague and an increasingly unstable artificial intelligence that may be hiding the truth about what really happened. The unconventional, visually inventive format drives a fast-paced, high-stakes survival story set against a corporate war in deep space.