The Vanished Birds

Hardcover

Published Sept. 21, 2020 by Del Rey.

ISBN:
978-0-593-12898-5
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A mysterious child lands in the care of a solitary woman, changing both of their lives forever.

I expected many things from this trip. I did not expect a family.

A ship captain, unfettered from time. A mute child, burdened with unimaginable power. A millennia-old woman, haunted by lifetimes of mistakes. In this captivating debut of connection across space and time, these outsiders will find in each other the things they lack: a place of love and belonging. A safe haven. A new beginning.

But the past hungers for them, and when it catches up, it threatens to tear this makeshift family apart.

3 editions

trying for so much

Sweeping space opera, buddy adventure, close meditations on time and distance and chosen family, epic struggle for the galaxy, didn't all gel for me but still accomplishes more than mismatched genre.

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