The Brightness Between Us (The Darkness Outside Us #2) by Eliot Schrefer (Best of Booktok) (Hardcover)

Named one of the Best Books of 2024 by the Chicago Public Library!

In this sequel to The Darkness Outside Us, a Stonewall Honor Book, New York Times bestselling author Eliot Schrefer delivers another ambitious, genre-bending novel and epic love story that spans thousands of years and the far reaches of the galaxy.

Seventeen years have gone by since the Coordinated Endeavor crashed on a distant exoplanet. Ambrose Cusk and Kodiak Celius are now the devoted parents of two teenage children, Owl and Yarrow, in a hardscrabble frontier home. Though life on Minerva is full of danger, the family’s bond is enough to make it all worth it—until they learn that the biggest threat to their survival might come from within.

More than thirty thousand years in the past, Ambrose wakes on Earth to find that his mission to save his sister was a ruse. His mother betrayed him, and the cruelty of her true plans sets Ambrose spiraling. When he discovers that another spacefarer is suffering his same fate, he will have to decide whether to risk crossing a world at war to reach him. 

Separated by time and space, a young family and two strangers learn that their lives are intimately intertwined. They race to uncover the unexpected connections that might save them all . . . and perhaps humanity as well.

Review

"It packs the full punch of humanity’s potential ills balanced with hope of the good we might achieve. The realism of the struggles the characters face keeps the story engaging, and returning fans will appreciate the time spent with the original Ambrose and Kodiak. Complex and brimming with pathos." — Kirkus Reviews

Praise for The Darkness Outside Us: “Schrefer masterfully evokes and maintains suspense that keeps the pages turning briskly while still taking the time to limn the two boys’ touching, moving relationship. If all of this is space opera, readers will want an encore. Bravo.” — Booklist (starred review)

Product details

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Clarion Books (October 1, 2024)

Language ‏ : ‎ English

Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 464 pages

ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0063343762

ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0063343764

Reading age ‏ : ‎ 13 - 17 years

Grade level ‏ : ‎ 8 - 9

Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.05 pounds

Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.7 x 1.5 x 8.3 inches