In May 2009 Wu Ming announced that they had almost finished writing a new book, entitled Altai, set "in Q's world and historical continuum". "After this accomplishment", they added, "we’ll go back to the Atlantic Triptych." Later on, they explained:
We felt the urge to go back to the “crime scene” (our 1999 debut) after the collective lost a member, in the springtime of 2008. After months of crisis and conflict, we needed a new beginning. We needed a peculiar self-managed group therapy... Gert-from-the-Well appeared and told us: “I can help you, if you bring me back to life!”. And that’s what we did.
The novel, entitled Altai, was published in Italy on November 20, 2009 and immediately reached No. 5 in the national list of best-sellers.
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