The Sound of a Thousand Stars

Praise for The Sound of a Thousand Stars:
“Robbins explores ambition, love, and nuclear destruction in her introspective latest . . . Readers will be riveted.”
—Publishers Weekly

“Sparklingly insightful . . . This is a moving blend of fact, fiction, and romance. An absorbing novel that radiates historical rigor and emotional astuteness.”
—Kirkus

“In writing this powerful, tragic, history-defining story, she does something truly amazing—she makes it sing.”
—Chicago Review of Books

“A powerful, moving story . . . Realistic and satisfying.”
—The Reporter Group

“[The Sound of a Thousand Stars] deftly combines its young-geniuses-in-love storyline with an intelligent consideration of a great moral dilemma.”
—Datebook, San Francisco Chronicle

“Grounded in meticulous research and rendered with lyrical language.”
—Rain Taxi Review of Books

“A well-writ­ten, engag­ing sto­ry about human­i­ty and evil.”
—Jewish Book Council

“Realistically evokes the constant worry and guilt felt by those on the home front during wartime.”
—Historical Novel Society

“Because The Sound of a Thousand Stars is a novel of Los Alamos and its consequences, Niels Bohr is here, and Richard Feynman, and of course Robert Oppenheimer, to name a few. But even more gripping than her vivid depiction of these titans of physics is Rachel Robbins’s rendering of Alice and Caleb, two bright young protagonists whose riveting story shows that love and destiny are forces just as powerful as faith or science.”
—Kathleen Rooney, author of From Dust to Stardust

“This novel delivers a keenly intimate, precise account of a watershed moment in our world history. Not only is The Sound of a Thousand Stars a great achievement of historical depth, it proves how selfless and vital love becomes when we find ourselves at the end of the world. Robbins has given us an elegy that rings clear, strong, and true.”
—Amy Jo Burns, author of Mercury

“Declassifies the human emotions at the core of one of the 20th century’s most fraught scientific projects . . . This beautifully written novel considers the costs of scientific advancement, the value of an individual life, and the thrilling knife’s edge of being in love. A feat of a book.”
—Julia Fine, author of The Upstairs House

“In her marvelous debut, Rachel Robbins weaves an intimate and stirring story of love, sacrifice, and duty against the backdrop of one of humanity’s most consequential undertakings . . . Meticulously researched and beautifully rendered, The Sound of a Thousand Stars reminds us that the greatest mysteries are those of the human heart. This book will leave you breathless.”
—Soon Wiley, author of When We Fell Apart

“In her luminous debut novel, Robbins reminds us that history is written by people whose names we rarely remember—people who toil away in obscurity, carving out lives of wonder despite the odds and the dangers they face . . . A soaring testament to all those unseen souls who answered history’s call and selflessly sacrificed in order to shape the world in which we live.”
—Giano Cromley, author of The Last Good Halloween