The Other Valley: A Novel

《另一個山谷》是一部融合文學與科幻元素的小說，故事發生在一個與自己過去與未來相鄰的小鎮。16歲的奧蒂是一位安靜、內向的女孩，努力爭取進入決策委員會，負責審核誰能穿越邊界。這座山谷的東邊是二十年後，西邊則是二十年前。當她意外發現一對來自未來的訪客是她朋友艾德梅的父母，並得知艾德梅即將死亡後，她被迫在守護時序與真摯情感之間做出選擇。這是一部關於命運、選擇與時間的細膩小說，溫柔動人，令人深思。

Sixteen-year-old Odile is an awkward, quiet girl vying for a coveted seat on the Conseil. If she earns the position, she'll decide who may cross her town's heavily guarded borders. On the other side, it's the same valley, the same town. Except to the east, the town is twenty years ahead in time. To the west, it's twenty years behind. The towns repeat in an endless sequence across the wilderness.

When Odile recognizes two visitors she wasn't supposed to see, she realizes that the parents of her friend Edme have been escorted across the border from the future, on a mourning tour, to view their son while he's still alive in Odile's present.

Edme--who is brilliant, funny, and the only person to truly see Odile--is about to die. Sworn to secrecy in order to preserve the timeline, Odile now becomes the Conseil's top candidate. Yet she finds herself drawing closer to the doomed boy, imperiling her entire future.

A breathlessly moving "unique take on the intersection of fate and free will" (Nikki Erlick, author of The Measure), The Other Valley is "a stellar debut, full of heartbreak and hope wrapped up in gorgeous prose" (Christina Dalcher, author of Vox).