• Ladder to Heaven

Ladder to Heaven

October 14, 2025 | ISBN 978-1-998408-27-6 | 350 Pages

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You don’t seem close to death. Why are you here? A breeze brushed my skin, and I shivered. “It’s a long story.” Story! Tell the story! The sea lions levered bulky bodies to front flippers and rocked from side to side. In 2045 an earthquake ravages the Pacific Coast of North America and the world shifts. Suddenly people and animals can understand each other, while the chaos of climate change combines with the destruction of the earthquake in terrifying ways. Inland, where she should be safe, Del Samara finds her life spiralling out of control. Struggling with addiction and with her ranch in… Read more

Advance Praise

“Katie Welch has crafted a complicated and unforgettable protagonist in Del, a woman who survives both global and intimate disasters, and who tells her fascinating story after a lifetime of barely speaking. Ladder to Heaven is finely and beautifully written, and asks us to consider our individual roles in a world that can totally destroy us.” – Jen Sookfong Lee, author of Superfan