New Books in Science Fiction — Mike Chen, "Light Years from Home: A Novel" (Mira Books, 2022)

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Mike Chen, "Light Years from Home: A Novel" (Mira Books, 2022)

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Literature is full of families torn apart by tragedy—death, war, crime. But what if the members of a family can’t agree on the cause of the tragedy that divides them? In Mike Chen’s new novel, Light Years from Home: A Novel (Mira Books, 2022), sisters Kass and Evie agree that their brother Jacob vanished 15 years ago.…

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