“Exists in a category all its own: a novel about grief, ambition, and love that is somehow both gripping and deeply felt, as breath-taking as it is mind-bending. Aja Gabel’s prose is like music, vivid with wisdom, curiosity, and emotion.” –Rachel Khong, New York Times bestselling author of Real Americans
“Compassionate and prismatic, an intellectual adventure as well as a deeply human meditation on memory, family, and reinvention. Aja Gabel's second novel is my favorite kind: soulful science fiction that speaks to the mind as well as the heart.” –Chloe Benjamin, New York Times bestselling author of The Immortalists
"A magisterial and moving novel about love and grief that is somehow unsentimental and yet extraordinarily tender...Lightbreakers is complex, startling, and impossibly alive." –Kevin Wilson, New York Times bestselling author of Nothing to See Here
“A marriage story that twists into a sci-fi thriller, posing questions about the elusiveness of the past and the time-jumping nature of grief. Like walking down a hall of mirrors, mesmerized by its reflections and refractions, reading Lightbreakers made me see things anew.” –Ling Ma, author of Severance
“Audaciously tackles life’s most formative experiences: love and loss.” –Rumaan Alam, New York Times bestselling author of Entitlement
“You will love this genre-busting book. . . A cross of literary fiction and sci-fi, it’s also a beautiful meditation of grief, time, and love.” –Samin Nosrat, author of Salt Fat Acid Heat
"Satisfying…Gabel hits a winning combination in this tale of modern love and time travel.” –Publishers Weekly
“A phenomenal portrait of profound grief.” –Booklist, starred review
“Gabel beautifully explores the ways the past echoes endlessly in the present and into the future—and the unimaginable lure of being with the ones we love no matter the cost. A poignant and sharp novel about love, loss, and finding light in the darkness.” –Kirkus Reviews
"Absolutely fascinating." –Literary Hub
“Readers will love the novel’s impressive pacing, and the ideas it presents about the intersection of art and science will linger in the mind." –Bookpage, starred review
