In the aftermath of a colonial settlement’s collapse, a young servant girl escapes into the untamed wilderness of the New World. Alone, starving, and hunted, she flees into a vast and terrifying landscape, where nature is both her enemy and her only salvation. As she struggles to survive — through storms, hunger, and memories of the life she left behind — she begins to confront what it means to be free, human, and alive.

Written in Lauren Groff’s stunning, poetic prose, The Vaster Wilds is a story of endurance, faith, and transformation. It captures the beauty and brutality of nature and the indomitable spirit of a woman who refuses to disappear.