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Two adventurous people. A strange world. One goal. Unravel the mystery.

The handwritten note on the dashboard read: Not Abandoned.

When Thomas set out for a hike he had done many times before, he never expected to find himself with a stranger, navigating through a newly discovered world hidden from…


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1 author picked The View from Here as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

I loved this book because it dares to be different. Science fiction is a big place - not all space wars, brutal emperors, or aliens who want to eat us. I thoroughly enjoyed the challenge these two characters face figuring out how to navigate a strange world that seems to have been constructed with a series of portals, but there’s no one there to explain.

They start out as strangers and become friends, planning an expedition as thoughtfully as they can when entering the unknown. They cleverly deal with the mysteries they discover, which leads to a fascinatingly plausible, and…

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