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Loved this book. It's been compared to The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell, but I think I liked this one better. (For the most part). Peter is a Christian missionary who has been chosen to go to a new planet and minister to the "natives." It is a book about faith, not just in God, but in other people - even people who technically are not "people." While Peter is on the mission, his wife, Bea, stays at home - where basically the Earth is going to hell in a hand-basket. It's not as scienc-y as many
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