Magnetic, haunting, and tender,Extinction Capital of the Worldis a stunning portrait of Hawaiiand a powerful meditation on family, queer love, and community amid imperialism and environmental collapse.

In ten vibrant, affecting stories, Mariah Rigg immerses readers in contemporaryHawaii. By turns heartbreaking and hopeful, these stories of love, longing, and grief are fierce dispatches from a state haunted by the specter of colonization,a precious biome under constant threat.

An older man grapples with the American-weapons research conducted on a neighboring island that reverberates through his entire life. A pregnant woman seeks belonging while poaching flowers in the rainforest with her partners mother. Two teenage girls find love during a summer spent on Midway Atoll. A young woman returns home toOahufollowing a breakup and reconnects with her estranged father and the island itself.

Linked by both place and character, Riggs stories illuminate the exotification and commodification of Hawaii in the American mythos. Extinction Capital of the World is an environmental love letter to the Hawaiian Islands and an indelible portrayal of the people who inhabit themmarking the arrival of an exciting new voice in contemporary fiction.