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The Sparrow
Mary Doria Russell · Sci-Fi
39 Pulse Score
Based on recommendations from independent creators
questmultiple timelinestwist endingforbidden romancehigh stakes survival
space opera
🌶️🌶️🌶️Moderate — some open-door scenes, not the focus
#58 All Time
About this book
The Sparrow is a novel about a remarkable man, a living saint, a life-long celibate and Jesuit priest, who undergoes an experience so harrowing and profound that it makes him question the existence of God. This experience--the first contact between human beings and intelligent extraterrestrial life--begins with a small mistake and ends in a horrible catastrophe.
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