Star Splitter
Star Splitter by Matthew J. Kirby, published by Penguin on April 23, 2024, is a young adult science fiction novel that spans 320 pages. The story follows seventeen-year-old Jessica Mathers, who crash-lands on the desolate planet Carver 1061c, light-years from Earth. As she navigates the eerie landscape filled with signs of destruction and mystery, Jessica must confront the unsettling reality of her situation and the intentions of a familiar stranger.
Readers will find a gripping narrative that intertwines themes of survival and self-reliance against a backdrop of deep-space exploration and post-extinction challenges. The novel delves into Jessica’s quest to uncover the truth behind the chaos surrounding her, as she grapples with the haunting remnants of a once-thriving world. With its focus on action and adventure, Star Splitter presents a compelling exploration of determination in the face of adversity.
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Crash-landed on a desolate planet light-years from Earth, seventeen-year-old Jessica Mathers must unravel the mystery of the bloody destruction all around her—and the questionable intentions of a familiar stranger.
2199. Deep-space exploration is a reality and teleportation is routine. But this time something seems to have gone very, very wrong. Seventeen-year-old Jessica Mathers wakes up in a lander that’s crashed onto the surface of Carver 1061c, a desolate, post-extinction planet fourteen light-years from Earth. The planet she was supposed to be viewing from a ship orbiting far above.
The corridors of the empty lander are covered in bloodyhand prints; the machines are silent and dark. And outside, in the alien dirt, there are fresh graves carefully marked with names she doesn’t recognize. Now Jessica must unravel the mystery of the destruction all around her—and the questionable intentions of a familiar stranger.
Self-determination and survival collide in this haunting, pulse-pounding science fiction novel from Edgar Award–winning author Matthew J. Kirby that spans both space and time.
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