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Violence
Barely any
No significant violence
Language
Barely any
Mild language
Sexual Content
None
No sexual content
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Themes of first contact, global panic, and humanity's insignificance on a cosmic scale
What this book is about
Baxter's 2021 novel follows the aftermath of an event called the Blink — a massive alien artifact that briefly obscures Earth's sun — and the global scientific and political response as humanity tries to understand what just announced itself. Thoughtful hard SF. For adults.
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