THE SPACE BETWEEN US

When three people suffer strokes after seeing dazzling lights over Edinburgh, then awake completely recovered, they're convinced their ordeal is connected to the alien creature discovered on a nearby beach... an adrenaline-soaked, deeply humane, life-affirming first-contact novel from one of Scotland's most revered authors... **Selected for BBC 2 Between the Covers 2023** 'All the drive, curiosity and wonder of his crime and mystery novels ... science fiction gains a new author' Derek B Miller 'If you read one life-affirming book this year, make sure it's this one' Nina Pottell, Prima 'A sci-fi novel that is as moving as it is magical and mysterious. Doug Johnstone has hit it out of the park again' Mark Billingham 'A delicious, demanding departure from Doug Johnstone' Val McDermid ------------------------------------------ Connecting will change everything... Lennox is a troubled teenager with no family.