‘Exquisite and deeply felt’ VOGUE
‘Beautifully rendered’ GRAZIA
‘Magnificent … melds sharp insight with great heart’ NICOLA DINAN
‘Thoughtful and beautifully compelling’ ALICE WINN
A beautiful, heartbreaking novel about ambition, love and space from the award-winning author of the Women’s Prize longlisted Wandering Souls.
28 January, 1986: Moments after launch, the Challenger shuttle falls from the sky. At the same time, in a small English village, Oliver Ines is born.
Ollie spends his childhood in a bedroom covered in glow-in-the-dark wallpaper, bearing the planets and stars. Decades later, he has become one of the most renowned astronauts of his time. When an enterprising billionaire approaches him to lead a landmark, ten-year mission to the distant moon Europa, Ollie cannot resist the call of history.
As the mission advances deeper into uncharted territory, Ollie finds himself retreating into the past: his school days and years in the Navy, relationships found and lost, becoming a husband and father. But will the world he remembers still be waiting for him when he returns?
Celestial Lights is a breathtaking story of fate, love, and sacrifice that questions what we owe ourselves and our loved ones, when our ambitions and loyalties collide.
‘Truly lovely … the scope of an epic’ JO HAMYA, author of The Hypocrite
‘A wonderful and singular reading experience’ JENNY MUSTARD, author of What A Time To Be Alive
‘Incredible … stayed with me long after the page’RED MAGAZINE
‘Atmospheric, original, and beautiful’ ELA LEE, author of Minbak
‘Masterful … I was totally absorbed from start to finish’ JYOTI PATEL, author of The Things That We Lost
''A moving story that stays with you’ ROMALYN ANTE, author of Agimat
‘Stunning, exhilarating and unforgettable’ ELIANA RAMAGE, author of To the Moon and Back
Genre: Literary Fiction
‘Beautifully rendered’ GRAZIA
‘Magnificent … melds sharp insight with great heart’ NICOLA DINAN
‘Thoughtful and beautifully compelling’ ALICE WINN
A beautiful, heartbreaking novel about ambition, love and space from the award-winning author of the Women’s Prize longlisted Wandering Souls.
28 January, 1986: Moments after launch, the Challenger shuttle falls from the sky. At the same time, in a small English village, Oliver Ines is born.
Ollie spends his childhood in a bedroom covered in glow-in-the-dark wallpaper, bearing the planets and stars. Decades later, he has become one of the most renowned astronauts of his time. When an enterprising billionaire approaches him to lead a landmark, ten-year mission to the distant moon Europa, Ollie cannot resist the call of history.
As the mission advances deeper into uncharted territory, Ollie finds himself retreating into the past: his school days and years in the Navy, relationships found and lost, becoming a husband and father. But will the world he remembers still be waiting for him when he returns?
Celestial Lights is a breathtaking story of fate, love, and sacrifice that questions what we owe ourselves and our loved ones, when our ambitions and loyalties collide.
‘Truly lovely … the scope of an epic’ JO HAMYA, author of The Hypocrite
‘A wonderful and singular reading experience’ JENNY MUSTARD, author of What A Time To Be Alive
‘Incredible … stayed with me long after the page’RED MAGAZINE
‘Atmospheric, original, and beautiful’ ELA LEE, author of Minbak
‘Masterful … I was totally absorbed from start to finish’ JYOTI PATEL, author of The Things That We Lost
''A moving story that stays with you’ ROMALYN ANTE, author of Agimat
‘Stunning, exhilarating and unforgettable’ ELIANA RAMAGE, author of To the Moon and Back
Genre: Literary Fiction
Praise for this book
"With this incredibly beautiful and emotive second novel, Cecile Pin has proved once again that she truly knows every corner of what it is to be human. Celestial Lights is a deeply moving story about the cost of the lives we live that I will be thinking about for a very long time." - Ore Agbaje-Williams
"Cecile Pin draws you in with cinematic language and emotional depth. A moving story that stays with you." - Romalyn Ante
"Pin's sophomore novel is a magnificent meditation on ambition and the vanity of legacy. Celestial Lights melds sharp insight with great heart, a success in every genre it bends into." - Nicola Dinan
"Truly lovely . . . Celestial Lights has the scope of an epic, but subtly rendered." - Jo Hamya
"An absorbing human take on exploration and alienation. Pin's book about space poses as many questions for our world and how we live on it as it does for the galaxy." - Sarvat Hasin
"Atmospheric, original, and beautiful, Celestial Lights is an incredible story of ambition, sacrifice and the pursuit of renown. Pin writes with compassion and tenderness about the depths of the human soul, that has you captivated long after the last page." - Ela Lee
"In Celestial Lights, Pin has created a work that fascinates, mesmerizes, and surprises. Its tone, atmosphere, and preoccupations are strangely addictive, and I found myself unable to put it down or look away. A wonderful and singular reading experience." - Jenny Mustard
"A masterful study of ambition, loyalty and love. I was totally absorbed from start to finish and read it in a couple of sittings. I can't wait to see what Cecile writes next." - Jyoti Patel
"A tremendous achievement. Celestial Lights is an exquisitely human story about what we owe our loved ones and ourselves, and what part we may play in the greater universe. Cecile Pin is an enormous talent. Her prose sparkles with brilliant, moving insights into what it is to be a person and what ties us to one another. This stunning, exhilarating and unforgettable journey through time and space will stay with me always." - Eliana Ramage
"Celestial Lights is a thoughtful and beautifully compelling exploration of human ambition, perfect for fans of Interstellar." - Alice Winn
"Cecile Pin draws you in with cinematic language and emotional depth. A moving story that stays with you." - Romalyn Ante
"Pin's sophomore novel is a magnificent meditation on ambition and the vanity of legacy. Celestial Lights melds sharp insight with great heart, a success in every genre it bends into." - Nicola Dinan
"Truly lovely . . . Celestial Lights has the scope of an epic, but subtly rendered." - Jo Hamya
"An absorbing human take on exploration and alienation. Pin's book about space poses as many questions for our world and how we live on it as it does for the galaxy." - Sarvat Hasin
"Atmospheric, original, and beautiful, Celestial Lights is an incredible story of ambition, sacrifice and the pursuit of renown. Pin writes with compassion and tenderness about the depths of the human soul, that has you captivated long after the last page." - Ela Lee
"In Celestial Lights, Pin has created a work that fascinates, mesmerizes, and surprises. Its tone, atmosphere, and preoccupations are strangely addictive, and I found myself unable to put it down or look away. A wonderful and singular reading experience." - Jenny Mustard
"A masterful study of ambition, loyalty and love. I was totally absorbed from start to finish and read it in a couple of sittings. I can't wait to see what Cecile writes next." - Jyoti Patel
"A tremendous achievement. Celestial Lights is an exquisitely human story about what we owe our loved ones and ourselves, and what part we may play in the greater universe. Cecile Pin is an enormous talent. Her prose sparkles with brilliant, moving insights into what it is to be a person and what ties us to one another. This stunning, exhilarating and unforgettable journey through time and space will stay with me always." - Eliana Ramage
"Celestial Lights is a thoughtful and beautifully compelling exploration of human ambition, perfect for fans of Interstellar." - Alice Winn
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