| Norwegian title: | Tolv lysår |
| Author: | Gro Dahle |
| Binding: | Innbundet |
| Year: | 2021 |
| Pages: | 544 |
| Publisher: | Cappelen Damm |
| Språk: | Bokmål |
| Originaltittel: | Tolv lysår |
| ISBN/EAN: | 9788202721176 |
| Kategori: | Literature and Fiction |
Twelve Light Years is an astonishing novel – unreal yet utterly natural.
The year is 2032. Norwegian Vera is one of 19 000 applicants to NASA's space training programme for astronauts. She's chosen: First to attend NASA's astronaut education, then to take part in China’s space programme, and finally to be part of the ten-person crew being sent to the exoplanet Luytens B. Luytens B is 12.36 light years away and is said to be a Super Earth. It's in the Canis Minor constellation, where the astronauts will seek out life and establish a space station. On her way to the planet, Vera becomes pregnant. She and the captain of the spaceship, Edvard, have followed the programme that was laid out for them: they will become a family.
Back on Earth, Vera has a father and a sister. And it's not like the immense distance makes her past life disappear. The journey to Luytens B also proves to be dangerous in ways none of the ten pioneers could imagine.
‘Gro Dahle has us holding our breath as if it's a thriller.’
Tønsbergs blad, five/six stars
‘[...] joyful and exciting entertainment. Almost impossible to put down before the last page is finished.’
Dagsavisen
‘[...] it's hard not to be deeply impressed and entertained by this epic science fiction novel.’
Vårt Land
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«... sannelig makter Gro Dahle å fengsle meg fullstendig med sin mursteinstykke fremtidsroman «Tolv lysår».»
«Denne gangen har Gro Dahle skrevet en roman. Det har vært vellykket»
«Gro Dahle holder oss i ånde som i en spenningsroman. »
«Gro Dahle har skrevet en overbevisende science fiction-roman...»
«Uansett er det vanskelig ikke å bli både dypt imponert og underholdt av denne episke sci-ence fiction-romanen. »
«Dess-uten er slutten både poetisk og vakker. »
Kjetil Røed, Vårt Land«Gro Dahle overrasker og imponerer»
«[...] frydefull og spennende underholdning. Nesten umulig å legge fra seg før siste side er slukt.»
Turid Larsen, Dagsavisen