Voyagers A Novel

A Debutiful and She Reads "Most Anticipated" * A People "Must-Read Book" * A Good Housekeeping "Books Everyone Will Be Talking About This Summer" * An Our Culture "Most Anticipated Book of Summer" * A Lit Hub "Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Book" * A Winter Is Coming "new fantasy and science fiction book to read" * A The Portalist "New Science Fiction We're Most Excited for"

A stunner about memory, connection and belief. - People, A "Must-Read Book"

"For a book with aliens in it, it's really a human novel with a lot of heart and humor." - Today Show, "What To...Read" "Best Debut Novel"

"Charlton writes with such pristine propulsion and packs a punch on every page. This is going to be the book everyone loves and will be the talk of the town come summer." - Debutiful, "Most Anticipated"

"In her debut, Charlton writes with the elegant prose, cohesive plotlines, and believable characters of a seasoned author....The feeling of uncertainty and doubt around their experience gives depth to the alien-abduction trope, making this read as a blend of sci-fi and literary fiction... Interrogating the importance of friendship, what friends owe each other, and what makes a narrative true, this novel will appeal to fans of Gabrielle Zevin who enjoy the nuance of conspiracy." - Library Journal

"Charlton strikes just the right notes of smarts and warmth, and the result is an uncommonly confident debut novel. Readers who miss Mulder and Scully's lighthearted side should dig in-but there's satisfaction here for anyone." - Kirkus

"Charlton's fascinating near-future debut puts a well-researched and deeply introspective spin on a familiar alien abduction scenario....This satisfying deep dive into the worlds of ufology and child stardom is sure to hook fans of first contact stories." - Publishers Weekly

"Charlton slides easily into flashbacks in between the scenes in the present, dovetailing Alex and Ana's childhood relationship and their burgeoning adult one. The result is a novel that explores the strength and power of non-romantic love." - Booklist

"In the tradition of Gabrielle Zevin's Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, Meg Charlton's Voyagers is a finely written and propulsive novel about the enduring power of friendship. It takes on big issues: the reliability of memory, the price of childhood fame, the ways adults use children for their own purposes. It's also a book about aliens, geared for terrestrials. Which is to say it's complex and human, anchored by a beating heart." - Joshua Henkin, author of Morningside Heights

"In Voyagers, Meg Charlton explores the connections between memory, storytelling, and truth. Against the backdrop of a global crisis, her characters contend with the lasting pain and confusion of a personal crisis. This novel grapples with the possibility of extraterrestrial life, but even more so with the possibility of friendship that is generous and forgiving. A delightful and moving debut." - Helen Phillips, author of Hum and The Need

"Voyagers is a tender sweeping epic about the quest for the self. Meg Charlton asks, in elegant and compelling prose: 'Can we escape the terrible events of our past or make of them what we will? And what happens to intimacy when we share a past but remember it differently?'. At its heart, Voyagers is a story about storytelling - how it tears us apart and might bring us back together again."

- Taymour Soomro, author of Other Names for Love

"Full of suspense and twists, Voyagers is an emotional journey about found family and the dark side of fame. " - The Portalist

""When I got my hands on an early draft of this, devoured it in less than a week. Charlton writes with such pristine propulsion and packs a punch on every page. This is going to be the book everyone loves this summer. I can't stop thinking about Charlton's world" - Debutiful, "12 noteworthy debut books to read"