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It begins with Peter, a devoted man of faith, as he is called to the mission of a lifetime, one that takes him galaxies away from his wife, Bea. Peter becomes immersed in the mysteries of an astonishing new environment, overseen by an enigmatic corporation known only as USIC. His work introduces him to a seemingly friendly native population struggling with a dangerous illness and hungry for Peter’s teachings — his Bible is their “book of strange new things.” But Peter is rattled when Bea’s letters from home become increasingly desperate: typhoons and earthquakes are devastating whole countries, and governments are crumbling. Bea’s faith, once the guiding light of their lives, begins to falter.
Suddenly, a separation measured by an otherworldly distance, and defined both by one newly discovered world and another in a state of collapse, is threatened by an ever-widening gulf that is much less quantifiable. While Peter is reconciling the needs of his congregation with the desires of his strange employer, Bea is struggling for survival. Their trials lay bare a profound meditation on faith, love tested beyond endurance, and our responsibility to those closest to us.
Marked by the same bravura storytelling and precise language that made The Crimson Petal and the White such an international success, The Book of Strange New Things is extraordinary, mesmerizing, and replete with emotional complexity and genuine pathos.
- I. THY WILL BE DONE
- 1. Forty minutes later he was up in the sky
- 2. He would never see other humans the same way again
- 3. The grand adventure could surely wait
- 4. ‘Hello everybody,’ he said
- 5. Just as he recognised them for what they were
- 6. His whole life had been leading up to this
- 7. Approved, transmitted
- 8. Take a deep breath and count to a million
- 9. The choir resumed
- II. ON EARTH
- 10. The happiest day of my life
- 11. He realised for the first time that she was beautiful, too
- 12. Looking back, almost certainly, that was when it happened
- 13. The engine kindled into life
- 14. Lost in the mighty unison
- 15. Hero of the moment, king of the day
- 16. Toppling off an axis, falling through space
- 17. Still blinking under the word ‘here’
- 18. I need to talk to you, she said
- 19. He would learn it if it killed him
- 20. Everything would be all right if she only could
- III. AS IT IS
- 21. There is no God, she wrote
- 22. Alone with you by my side
- IV. IN HEAVEN
- 23. A drink with you
- 24. The Technique of Jesus
- 25. Some of us have work to do
- 26. He only knew that thanks were due
- 27. Stay where you are
- 28. Amen
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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