One flash. Millions vanish.

Only she can decode the patterns in the sky.

Only she can bring them back.

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About the Book

Sixteen-year-old Kris watches her mother vanish as the first orb hovers over a downtown square. More follow. Entire cities empty.

The world is running out of time.

Kris is an exceptional young mind, so she sees what others miss: the flashing patterns in the orbs aren’t random. They’re mathematical.

When a team of the world’s brightest scientists confirms she’s right, the race to decode the message falls to her. Each breakthrough pulls her deeper, and the patterns from the sky call to her.

With her older sister’s help, Kris chases clues that could return the taken. But the more she understands, the clearer it becomes that the next step is hers alone.

Praise for “The Sky Took Us”

“An engaging and satisfying read… A coming-of-age tale with strong female characters and an intriguing SF premise.”

For anyone who’s ever suspected math is magic, this book is a revelation and a joy. A novel about the perfection in imperfect human relationships, full of big ideas and bigger feelings, and characters who’ll stay with you long after the last page.

This is the kind of book that feels like spending time inside the mind of a brilliant misfit. It’s part prodigy tale, part intellectual coming-of-age story, and it moves quickly enough to finish in a sitting or two. Smart, compact, and quietly sweet.

This book is for everyone who’s ever felt out of place. From the galactic level to the deeply personal, Kris is striving to understand what her role is and how she fits in. Bonato has transcended his scientific expertise to bring us a heartfelt and deeply moving novel in which mathematics provides context for the things that truly matter.

Other books by Anthony

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Graph Searching Games and the Probabilistic Method

Graph searching games and Probabilistic methods

Limitless minds

About the Author

Anthony Bonato is an award winning author who writes science fiction where hidden patterns shape how we understand the universe.

A mathematician and professor at Toronto Metropolitan University, he studies the networks that govern how we live and think.

The Sky Took Us is his debut novel.

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