The Radiant Dark

Name: The Radiant Dark
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ISBN: 9781638932529

A Novel

Alexandra Oliva

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SJP Lit
28 April 2026

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Arrival meets Wild Dark Shore in this captivating novel that follows a family over fifty years-a bold and compassionate exploration of the universe around us and what it truly means to be human. 'The Radiant Dark is incandescent.' -Sarah Jessica Parker. It's March 1980, and Carol Girard and her husband are living an ordinary life in a small town in the Adirondacks. They have just had their first child, and though Carol is struggling with the challenges of new motherhood, her future seems clear. Until something extraordinary happens: an inexplicable flickering of light in the sky, which is ultimately determined to be communication from intelligent life on another planet. But these beings are eleven light-years away, and nothing is known about them other than the fact that they seem to know we exist too. And so begins a decades-long exchange of messages with this mysterious, faraway civilization. As humanity reels from a shifting understanding of its place in the universe, we follow the stories of the Girard family: Carol, whose fascination with this other life sparks a desperate search for spiritual meaning; Michael, her loyal son, who finds solace not in the stars above his head but in the ground beneath his feet; and Ro, Carol's bright and ambitious daughter, whose childhood goal to work in interstellar communication will evolve into something far grander. Tracing five decades of love, loss, ambition, and self-discovery, The Radiant Dark is a stunning examination of a family navigating their lives with the knowledge that we are not alone.

By: Alexandra Oliva
Imprint: SJP Lit
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 159mm,
Weight: 567g
ISBN: 9781638932529
ISBN 10: 1638932522
Pages: 416
Publication Date: 28 April 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Alexandra Oliva is the author of USA Today bestseller The Radiant Dark, Forget Me Not, and The Last One, which was selected as a Best Book of 2016 by The Seattle Times and translated into twenty-five languages. Ali grew up in a tiny town in New York's Adirondack Mountains and received her BA from Yale University and her MFA from The New School. She now lives in the Pacific Northwest with her family.

Reviews for The Radiant Dark: A Novel

“Like the stars it centers around, The Radiant Dark is incandescent. A captivating family saga with a delicately speculative edge, this one’s a masterpiece.” —Sarah Jessica Parker, SJP Lit “Equal parts compassionate and piercing, The Radiant Dark is a profound family portrait set against the history-altering backdrop of First Contact—and the kind of book you can’t stop thinking about long after you finish.” —Veronica Roth, #1 New York Times bestselling author