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Steal Across the Sky

Nancy Kress

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#6835 of 8,085 books · #1740 in Science Fiction

Shortlisted for the Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (2010).

Aliens try to atone for past wrongs to humanity and take twenty-one humans on a revelatory journey in this science fiction novel. The aliens appeared one day, built a base on the moon, and put an ad on the internet: "We are an alien race you may call the Atoners. Ten thousand years ago we wronged humanity profoundly. We cannot undo what has been done, but we wish humanity to understand it. Therefore, we request twenty-one volunteers to visit seven planets to Witness for us. We will convey each volunteer there and back in complete safety. Volunteers must speak English. Send requests for electronic applications to witness@Atoners.com." At first, everyone thought it was a joke. But it wasn't. This is the story of three of those volunteers, and what they found on Kular A and Kular B.

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Publisher
Macmillan + ORM
ISBN-13
9781429967655
Topics
First contact with aliensAtonement and guiltHuman origins and identity

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