A House Between Earth and the Moon: A Novel
by Rebecca Scherm
Buy on Amazon“Compulsively readable.” —The New York Times Book Review “Inventive and thrilling. . . . I couldn’t put it down.” —Brit Bennett, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Vanishing Half “It’s a thrill to read this novel.” —Jia Tolentino, New York Times bestselling author of Trick Mirror The gripping story of one scientist in outer space, another who watches over him, the family left behind, and the lengths people will go to protect the people and planet they love For twenty years, Alex has believed that his gene-edited super-algae will slow and even reverse the effects of climate change. His obsession with his research has jeopardized his marriage, his relationships with his kids, and his own professional future.…
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"In the near future, erratic weather patterns are common and there’s an ongoing climate refugee crisis. Alex, a scientist hoping to reverse the effects of climate change, heads to Parallaxis, an in-progress space station for billionaires, where, supported by the mega-corporation that built it, he will continue his research. Alex’s family remains on Earth, until his daughter creates a virus that requires them to run all the way up to Parallaxis. What they don’t know is that Parallaxis is a sort of lab, and they are its unaware subjects. Rebecca Scherm blends speculative fiction, cli-fi, and family drama to great effect."
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