The Darkness Outside Us

“This lifetime is yours to make what you will of it”

Two boys, alone in space. Sworn enemies sent on the same rescue mission.

Ambrose wakes up on the Coordinated Endeavor with no memory of a launch. There’s more that doesn’t add up: evidence indicates strangers have been on board, the ship’s operating system is voiced by his mother, and his handsome, brooding shipmate has barricaded himself away. But nothing will stop Ambrose from making his mission succeed—not when he’s rescuing his own sister.

In order to survive the ship’s secrets, Ambrose and Kodiak will need to work together and learn to trust each other. especially once they discover what they are truly up against. Love might be the only way to survive.

  Product Info

Publisher: ‎ HarperCollins US
Date: 10 April 2023
Language: ‎ English
Paperback: ‎ 416 pages
ISBN-13: ‎ 978-0062888235
Reading age: ‎ 13 Full Description

They Both Die at the End meets The Loneliest Girl in the Universe in this mind-bending sci-fi mystery and tender love story about two boys aboard a spaceship sent on a rescue mission, from two-time National Book Award finalist Eliot Schrefer. Stonewall Honor Award winner!

Two boys, alone in space. Sworn enemies sent on the same rescue mission.

Ambrose wakes up on the Coordinated Endeavor with no memory of a launch. There’s more that doesn’t add up: evidence indicates strangers have been on board, the ship’s operating system is voiced by his mother, and his handsome, brooding shipmate has barricaded himself away. But nothing will stop Ambrose from making his mission succeed—not when he’s rescuing his own sister.

In order to survive the ship’s secrets, Ambrose and Kodiak will need to work together and learn to trust each other. especially once they discover what they are truly up against. Love might be the only way to survive.
Content Warnings

Death
Violence
Blood
Murder
Confinement
Cancer
Suicide
Injury/Injury detail
Grief
Gaslighting
Vomit
Terminal illness
Mental illness
Panic attacks/disorders
Self harm
War
Sexual content