ANew York TimesBest Book of the Year
ATimeBest Book of the Year
AKirkusReviewsBest Nonfiction Book of the Year
2020 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence Winner

From journalist Adam Higginbotham, theNew York Timesbestselling account that reads almost like the script for a movie (The Wall Street Journal)a powerful investigation into Chernobyl and how propaganda, secrecy, and myth have obscured the true story of one of the historys worst nuclear disasters.