The Space Between Us

The Space Between Us
Doug Johnstone
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Paperback
h198 x 129mm - 300pg
16 Mar 2023 UK
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9781914585449
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When three people suffer strokes after seeing dazzling lights over Edinburgh, then awake completely recovered, they' re convinced their ordeal is connected to the alien creature discovered on a nearby beach. . . an adrenaline-soaked, deeply humane, life-affirming first-contact novel from one of Scotland' s most revered authors. Lennox is a troubled teenager with no family. Ava is eight months pregnant and fleeing her abusive husband. Heather is a grieving mother and cancer sufferer. They don' t know each other, but when a meteor streaks over Edinburgh, all three suffer instant, catastrophic strokes. . . . . . only to wake up the following day in hospital, miraculously recovered. When news reaches them of an octopus-like creature washed up on the shore near where the meteor came to earth, Lennox senses that some extra-terrestrial force is at play. With the help of Ava, Heather and a journalist, Ewan, he rescues the creature they call ' Sandy' and goes on the run. But they aren' t the only ones with an interest in the alien . . . close behind are Ava' s husband, the police and a government unit who wants to capture the creature, at all costs. And Sandy' s arrival may have implications beyond anything anyone could imagine. . .
Doug Johnstone is the author of twelve novels, most recently The Great Silence, the third in the Skelfs series, which has been optioned for TV. In 2021,The Big Chill, the second in the series, was longlisted for the Theakston' s Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year. In 2020, A Dark Matter, the first in the series, was shortlisted for the McIlvanney Prize for Scottish Crime Novel of the Year and the Capital Crime Amazon Publishing Independent Voice Book of the Year award. Black Hearts (Book four), will be published in 2022. Several of his books have been best sellers and award winners, and his work has been praised by the likes of Val McDermid, Irvine Welsh and Ian Rankin. He' s taught creative writing and been writer in residence at various institutions, and has been an arts journalist for twenty years. Doug is a songwriter and musician with five albums and three EPs released, and he plays drums for the Fun Lovin' Crime Writers, a band of crime writers. He' s also player-manager of the Scotland Writers Football Club. He lives in Edinburgh.
Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781914585449
Published: 16 Mar 2023
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Orenda Books
Publisher: Orenda Books
Format: Paperback
Height: 198mm
Width: 129mm
Pages: 300

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