"The setting offers a stark glimpse of a possible future and the politics of climate displacement. Readers will root for Ess as she battles Mother Nature and herself in a quest for answers. VERDICT Give this one to suspense readers eager for a different kind of thriller, as well as fans of survival fiction."
             - Library Journal Review

" a fast-paced, riveting, not-quite-sf thriller. It is a great read, offering an unsubtle warning of the future, that's suitable for all fiction collections."
             - Booklist Review
 

   "If this were just another amnesia plot, I’d take a pass. But Lisa Brideau’s real focus in this gripping psychological t thriller isn’t the heroine’s memory; it’s her instinct for survival in a world that is collapsing around her. Brideau hails from Nova Scotia and currently is a sustainability specialist for the city of Vancouver. 

   The story begins as Ess awakes on a boat with no memory of how she got there or who she is but questions of identity quickly take second or even fifth place to surviving. Ess’s memory may be gone but her sailor’s knowledge is in her bones and brain.

   Much of the best of the book is how those talents come back as she battles currents and waves in a world torn by the results of global warming. I was as transfixed by Brideau’s vision of the future as Ess’s survival. This is, in many ways, a very scary book."

               - Margaret Cannon, The Globe & Mail

"It's rare for a book to be a taut page-turning thriller and also be the kind of story that makes you think about the nature of self, but Lisa Brideau has managed to do just that. Full of apocalyptic tension, tempered by warm human connection, this is a book that will stay in my memory for life."   
              - Marissa Levien, author of The World Gives Way

"Timely and deeply compelling, Brideau's debut crackles with urgency and humanity, knotting together issues of climate, selfhood, and loss in a book made to meet the moment. A must-read for 2023.
               - Katie Lattari, author of Dark Things I Adore

"ADRIFT is an intelligent, warmhearted, and marvelously inventive page-turner that marks Lisa Brideau as a legitimate rising star.”
               - Owen Laukkanen, author of Deception Cove, Gale Force

“An eloquent, intelligent thriller with a truly scary message about a planet in crisis.”
               - Eliza Jane Brazier, author of If I Disappear, Good Rich People

"Adrift is a prescient, intelligent thriller. In a future world reckoning with having woefully mismanaged the climate crisis, dozens of migrants turn to forgetting their memories, and their whole selves, to escape bitter reality. With writing that is propulsive and deep, Brideau expertly writes to an apex that chills the reader even as it offers glimpses of redemption."
               - Saeed Teebi, author of Her First Palestinian

"A fascinating and compelling debut with a hard-hitting message that'll leave you thinking long after the final page. Lisa Brideau spins a dark mystery set against the terrifying reality of our climate-affected future. Adrift is an absolute must-read."

              - Sara Ochs, author of The Resort  [The Dive (UK)]