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Signal Moon

A Short Story

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Signal Moon

By: Kate Quinn
Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld, Andrew Gibson
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From the New York Times bestselling author of The Diamond Eye comes a riveting short story about an impossible connection across two centuries that could make the difference between peace or war.

Yorkshire, 1943. Lily Baines, a bright young debutante increasingly ground down by an endless war, has traded in her white gloves for a set of headphones. It’s her job to intercept enemy naval communications and send them to Bletchley Park for decryption.

One night, she picks up a transmission that isn’t code at all—it’s a cry for help.

An American ship is taking heavy fire in the North Atlantic—but no one else has reported an attack, and the information relayed by the young US officer, Matt Jackson, seems all wrong. The contact that Lily has made on the other end of the radio channel says it’s…2023.

Across an eighty-year gap, Lily and Matt must find a way to help each other: Matt to convince her that the war she’s fighting can still be won, and Lily to help him stave off the war to come. As their connection grows stronger, they both know there’s no telling when time will run out on their inexplicable link.

©2022 Kate Quinn (P)2022 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved. 20th Century Anthologies & Short Stories Fiction Historical Fiction Science Fiction Short Stories Time Travel War

Critic Reviews

“The touch of fantasy interjected into this compelling audiobook is a unique departure from author Kate Quinn's usual historical fiction.… The narrators make the characters so real that listeners can suspend disbelief and feel their tension, grit, and cleverness. Both narrators display considerable linguistic talent as they portray these heroes with warmth and bravado.”—AudioFile Magazine, Earphones Award Winner
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loved it! another fantastic story by Kate Quinn. highly reccomend you give it a listen 10/10

loved it!

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A wonderful idea for a book however it was ruined a little by the male narrator. Nice to read after The Rose Project.

Good but too short!

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It’s a captivating and totally different type of story from the author and very well narrated. Kate Quinn never disappoints.

Brilliant short story

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Very well written and narrated. This book Captured my imagination and left me wanting more.

A great listen.

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