A "Best Book Of The Month" pick from BookBub, LitHub, and Amazon Editor's Choice.
“A superb sci-fi story about 21st-century issues set in a futuristic space environment, featuring flawed but lovable characters doing their best with whatever challenges the galaxy presents.”
-- Library Journal (starred)
"Chen (A Quantum Love Story) shows off his worldbuilding chops in this ingenious 24th-century space opera...These skillful character portraits make it easy to get sucked into their far-future plight. Readers are sure to be hooked."
--Publishers Weekly (starred)
“Mike Chen has done it again. He's turned theoretical physics inside-out to make you fall in love with a band of misfits from across the multiverse. The Photonic Effect is a delightful adventure, full of unexpected twists and wild rides, but, most of all, it's full of heart.”
-- Annalee Newitz, bestselling author of Automatic Noodle and The Terraformers
"What space opera is meant to be. The Photonic Effect is a brilliantly complex novel about love, loss, and war that's populated by characters so alive you can feel their hearts in each beat of your own."
-- K.B. Wagers, author of A Pale Light in the Black
"Mike Chen expertly combines the challenges of a First Contact story with creditable alien-y aliens, problem-solving under extreme pressure, and a romance. It’s brilliant!"
-- Stina Leicht, author Persephone Station
