“A dazzling debut novel about a lost expedition… A bona fide masterpiece.”
—Seattle Times
“Ms. Williams brilliantly moves across continents and gives each landfall a distinct and evocative voice… Landfalls is intelligent and utterly human. Ms. Williams has written a seductive page-turner that … draws the reader in and doesn’t let go.
—Wall Street Journal
“A beautiful tale of adventure, anchored in tragedy.”
—Vanity Fair
“The drama in Landfalls is unrelenting … sort of a maritime version of ‘The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.'”
—New York Times
“An ingenious encounter with the past… A real surprise and a triumph.”
—Barnes & Noble
“Williams’ exceptional debut isn’t your traditional seafaring yarn and is all the stronger and more penetrating for it.”
—Booklist
“An entertainingly erudite debut with a prismatic reimagining of the doomed French attempt to circumnavigate the globe in the 1780s.”
—Kirkus Review
