First published 2020
Cora Sabino wants nothing to do with her whistleblower father or his leaked documents about government contact with aliens. It's fall 2007, and while the media circus swirls around his claims, Cora tries to stay invisible. She hasn't spoken to him in years, but reporters and government agents won't leave her alone. When she discovers her family has been part of a decades-long coverup of extraterrestrial presence on Earth, everything changes. The aliens have stayed silent until Cora convinces one of them that she can serve as their interpreter. She becomes the first human able to communicate with them, bridging two worlds that have remained separate for decades. But this connection transforms her understanding of what it means to be human and threatens to unleash something dangerous.
Genres: science-fiction, contemporary, thriller, aliens
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: chosen-one, fish-out-of-water
Setting: Earth
Period: 2007
384 pages · Hardcover · St. Martin's Press