BETWEEN
New York City hides a portal to another world.
Six years ago, Marda lost her husband and daughters to a portal linking Earth to her planet. It was supposed to be safe—just an ancient corridor between two worlds. But sometimes, people get trapped inside it.
Marda calls that void the BETWEEN.
Now the portal is acting up again. In the middle of Central Park, people are vanishing.
Ben, a burnt-out Wall Street analyst.
Lily, a dreamer trapped in a suffocating life.
Tony, a young caregiver with nothing left to lose.
Their paths collide inside the BETWEEN.
But for Marda, nothing—not even the BETWEEN—can keep her from throwing herself into its suffocating void to bring her family home.
From USA TODAY bestselling author Maureen A. Miller comes an emotional sci-fi mystery about loss, resilience, and a mother's refusal to give up.
This is the first book in a series, but it can be read as a standalone novel. No cliffhangers.
"An entertaining start to an interplanetary adventure with high stakes." - Kirkus Reviews
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COMING THIS WINTER
A young Nunamiut boy vanishes into the Alaskan wilderness.
It’s a harsh land, and his disappearance barely stirs national interest. But strange signals detected by a nearby observatory raise alarm bells for theoretical physicist Anne Fleming—and send her running to Carpes.
She needs help.
She needs the one person who will never trust her.
She needs Marda.
Joined by Ben, Torz, and Anne, Marda follows a trail that stretches from Carpes to Africa and then to Alaska. There, they discover a vest made from the same alien material as Marda's glove.
This is no longer a missing person's case.
It's a search for a new portal.
A new Stellar Bridge.
But Carpes has been scanned. There are no other bridges.
So where does the Alaskan portal lead?
And who—or what—will they find waiting on the other side?