The Space Between the Stars

(Hardback, Large Print Edition)

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A Recommended Summer Read from The Verge and io9
A Recommended June Read from Hello Giggles and Tor.com

When the world ends, where will you go

In a breathtakingly vivid and emotionally gripping debut novel, one woman must confront the emptiness in the universe--and in her own heart--when a devastating virus reduces most of humanity to dust and memories.

All Jamie Allenby ever wanted was space. Even though she wasn't forced to emigrate from Earth, she willingly left the overpopulated, claustrophobic planet. And when a long relationship devolved into silence and suffocating sadness, she found work on a frontier world on the edges of civilization. Then the virus hit...

Now Jamie finds herself dreadfully alone, with all that's left of the dead. Until a garbled message from Earth gives her hope that someone from her past might still be alive.

Soon Jamie finds other survivors, and their ragtag group will travel through the vast reaches of space, drawn to the promise of a new beginning on Earth. But their dream will pit them against those desperately clinging to the old ways. And Jamie's own journey home will help her close the distance between who she has become and who she is meant to be...

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Praise for The Space Between the Stars

"The Space Between the Stars is, ultimately, a kind novel. Strikingly written, with very human characters and a deep concern with human frailty, it is an excellent debut."--Tor.com

"Anne Corlett has taken the themes of apocalypse, people attempting to create Utopia but unleashing Armageddon, population engineering and breeding programs, and put her particular stamp on the familiar. The Space Between the Stars is a sci-fi story laced with homey details like e-readers and jigsaw puzzles--there are no esoteric descriptions of warp drives or biodomes or aliens. But there is adventure, there is romance, there is self-discovery."--Shelf Awareness

"With its unique plot and luminous prose, it's hard to believe that The Space Between the Stars is a debut novel. Anne Corlett understands the complexities and frailties of the human heart and captures it brilliantly on the page. Don't let the setting fool you--this is a story for any age, combining love, loss, grief, hope, and possibilities all in one delicious book. Definitely one for my keeper shelf."--Karen White, New York Times bestselling author of The Night the Lights Went Out

"Anne Corlett is a writer with huge potential, and I'm looking forward to her future works."--Claire North, author of The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August

"[A] fast-moving and gripping 'end of the worlds' tale focused on the efforts of flawed survivors to ensure the end is not the end of humanity."--Jack Campbell, New York Times bestselling author of Vanguard

"An original thinker and a very, very effective writer."--Fay Weldon, author of Before the War

Praise for The Space Between the Stars
"The Space Between the Stars is a fast-moving and gripping 'end of the worlds' tale focused on the efforts of flawed survivors to ensure the end is not the end of humanity."--Jack Campbell, New York Times bestselling author
"With its unique plot and luminous prose, it's hard to believe that The Space Between the Stars is a debut novel. Anne Corlett understands the complexities and frailties of the human heart and captures it brilliantly on the page. Don't let the setting fool you--this is a story for any age, combining love, loss, grief, hope and possibilities all in one delicious book."--Karen White, New York Times bestselling author
"Anne Corlett is a writer with huge potential, and I'm looking forward to her future works."--Claire North
"An original thinker and a very, very effective writer."--Fay Weldon

Author Bio

Anne Corlett is a criminal lawyer by profession and has recently completed an M.A. in creative writing at Bath Spa University. Her work has been published in magazines and anthologies, and her short fiction has won, placed, or been short-listed in national and international awards. The Space Between the Stars is her first novel.