Joe Geist is desperate. His brother Jared has vanished, and Joe, usually a roll-with-the-punches type, begins a frantic quest to uncover his missing brother's fate. The search leads him to an enigmatic homeless mystic, Sir Davies, who claims to know what happened to Jared. Anne Miller, a quick-witted freelance reporter, agrees to help Joe after discovering a link between Jared's daughter and Sir Davies. One hundred years after Jared disappears, civil society is collapsing in the wake of environmental devastation. Seven-year-old George escapes when marauders invade his home. The next morning, convinced his sister has fled to safety, he sets out to find her. Set in the present and the future, these two separate stories unfold until an astonishing revelation connects them. Written from the viewpoint of multiple characters, at its heart lies the metaphysical question "Can the future redeem the past?"

Editorial Reviews  ~

"This ambitious novel from Greene invests readers in parallel plots unfolding simultaneously on the page but a century apart for the characters—one in the present, and the other in a near-future of eco catastrophe, where society has collapsed and people will kill for water. In the present, readers meet Joe Geist, who is looking for his lost brother Jared, a search in which he’s being helped by journalist Anne Miller and an unhoused man by the name of W.H. Davies. A century from now, there is George, a seven-year-old boy who flees his home when it is invaded by raiders and sets out to find his lost sister. The stories seem strangely interconnected as The Space Between Dark and Light moves between them. The mystery becomes not just what will happen to Greene’s compellingly drawn characters, but what does George’s future have to do with today?

Right from the start, Greene has a firm grasp over the dual plotline, as each chapter shifts between Joe and George’s point of view. The suspense works, and readers find themselves guessing and theorizing about possible connections. Greene does a great job building characters, imbuing each with intriguing peculiarities and relatable emotions. She also deftly handles scenes of action that stir tension, shock, and that trickiest of narrative qualities: an immediate sense of what-next? momentum ...  A time-crossed climate fiction story as thrilling as it is urgently relevant."    BOOKLIFE

"…there is no doubting the power of the message conveyed."    

"… an uplifting call to action."

"Our Verdict: Get It"

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