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Violence
Some
Government violence and threat; alien danger; some thriller-paced confrontations
Language
Some
Some strong language in a contemporary voice
Sexual Content
None
No sexual content
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
Some
The terror of being chosen by something incomprehensible; government conspiracy and the cost of truth; a young woman navigating a situation no one prepared her for
What this book is about
2007. Cora Sabino's estranged father is a famous government-secrets whistleblower, and his latest leak — suggesting the government has been in contact with extraterrestrial life — has made Cora's family radioactive. Then an alien called Ampersand arrives and makes clear that Cora is the only human it will communicate with. Lindsay Ellis's science fiction debut is a first contact story grounded in the specific anxieties of the early internet age: how truth gets managed, how power works when something new arrives, and what it costs to be the interpreter between two things that want very different outcomes.
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government conspiracy thriller elements
alien contact and its psychological weight
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