Lightning Strike

“Space adventure for the twenty-first century . . . made sophisticated with Asaro’s fascinating knowledge of cutting-edge science.” —Nancy Kress, Hugo and Nebula Award–winning author

Seventeen-year-old Tina Santis Pulivok has never seen anyone like Althor in 1987 East LA. With his metallic skin, inner eyelids, and stilted way of talking, Althor baffles her. It doesn’t help that he keeps talking ab...