The Sands of Sarasvati

The visionary international climate fiction bestseller again available in English

Indian scientists discover mysterious underwater ruins at the West Coast of India. Have they found Atlantis, the fabled sunken continent?

Marine archeologist Amrita Desai and the Ukrainian submarine expert Sergei Savelnikov investigate the underwater ruins and discover a mysterious field of human skulls and skeletons. At the same time scientists realize that a huge meltwater lake has formed inside the Greenland ice sheet. Is the ice sheet about to slide into the ocean? Are our own cities in danger of becoming the New Atlantis?

The Sands of Sarasvati has been translated from Finnish to more than ten other languages. It was an influential bestseller in Germany when the country decided to start the global solar power revolution.

The Sands of Sarasvati has inspired debates and votes in the European parliament, theatre plays, feature films and TV series, a comic album, multi-media installations, sculptures, paintings, glass art, classical, pop and rock music, a foundation, radio plays, climate fiction books and numerous serious research projects.

“The Sands of Sarasvati could be the most important book published in the world during this year.” - Kansan Uutiset newspaper

“Isomäki proves himself as one of the world's top writers in this field.” - Warkauden lehti newspaper

© 2025 Into Publishing (Audiobook): 9789523933507

Translators: Owen F. Witesman

Release date

Audiobook: 3 June 2025