If Tomorrow Comes (Yesterday's Kin Trilogy Book 2)

Name: If Tomorrow Comes (Yesterday's Kin Trilogy Book 2)
Price: 2.99 USD
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Rating: 4.2 (257 reviews)
Author: Nancy Kress

by Nancy Kress

Thriller Science Fiction

4.2 (257)

4.2 stars from 257 reviews

333 pages~5.6 hr readPublished 2018-01-01

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Perfect for you if...

You enjoy hard science fiction that takes alien contact seriously and explores the messy logistics of first contact gone wrong.
You want character-driven stories where scientists and military strategists clash over how to survive an existential crisis.
You're already invested in the Yesterday's Kin universe and need to know what happens when humanity finally reaches the Kindred.

Maybe not for you if...

You need standalone novels. This is book two and assumes you've read Tomorrow's Kin. You'll be lost on the world-building and character relationships.
You prefer action-heavy plots over the detailed problem-solving and scientific reasoning that drives most of the narrative.
You want optimistic first contact stories. This one deals heavily with plague, genetic anxiety, and the possibility that rescue was always impossible.

About this book

The second book in Nancy Kress's hard science fiction trilogy, based on the Nebula Award–winning novella Yesterday's Kin. Ten years after aliens depart Earth, humanity completes construction of the ship Friendship to follow them to their home world, Kindred. The crew includes scientists, diplomats, and Rangers for protection. Upon arrival, however, they discover an unexpected reality: no interplanetary civilization, no industrial infrastructure, and no cure for the spore disease they sought. A timeslip during instantaneous travel between worlds means far more than ten years have actually elapsed. Scientists race against time to save humanity and their alien allies from a deadly virus, while a separate military threat—equally dangerous to all—presents its own countdown. Against a backdrop of devastation and plague, the narrative explores heroism, sacrifice, genetic destiny, and the tension between predetermined fate and free choice.

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Currently 4.2★ from 257 reviews

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