Classic & Older Gothic
by Mary Doria Russell · The Sparrow series
A Jesuit priest's faith is shattered by humanity's first contact with alien intelligence, an experience so harrowing it forces him to question God's existence. Russell weaves a complex narrative exploring the collision of faith, science, and the unknowable other. A profound meditation on suffering, belief, and the cost of encountering the truly foreign.
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