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Signal Moon: A Short Story
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From the New York Times bestselling author of The Diamond Eye comes a riveting short story about an impossible connection across two centuries that could make the difference between peace or war.
Yorkshire, 1943. Lily Baines, a bright young debutante increasingly ground down by an endless war, has traded in her white gloves for a set of headphones. It’s her job to intercept enemy naval communications and send them to Bletchley Park for decryption.
One night, she picks up a transmission that isn’t code at all—it’s a cry for help.
An American ship is taking heavy fire in the North Atlantic—but no one else has reported an attack, and the information relayed by the young US officer, Matt Jackson, seems all wrong. The contact that Lily has made on the other end of the radio channel says it’s…2023.
Across an eighty-year gap, Lily and Matt must find a way to help each other: Matt to convince her that the war she’s fighting can still be won, and Lily to help him stave off the war to come. As their connection grows stronger, they both know there’s no telling when time will run out on their inexplicable link.
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Signal Moon: A Short Story
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Amazon Customer –
As a short story, this is well put together. Unfortunately as a short story, it was over too soon. I will read anything by Kate Quinn.
A Lady –
Setting: England, 1943 and 2023…
I’ll admit that the concept for this story was pretty unique and intriguing, which is one of the reasons I decided to give it a try. I loved the idea of some sort of cross between times that enabled our two main characters to communicate and thereby stop another world war from happening. However, the story itself started out pretty slow I thought and it didn’t really hook me until about two-thirds of the way through.
Being that the entire thing only took me maybe an hour to read but felt longer due to the sluggish beginning is one of the reasons I decided to go with a three star rating rather than four. That and the language which was explicit and off-putting. I just found all the f-words and God’s name being used in vain so many times unnecessary. Then there were the slang words/phrases which I didn’t always follow either.
I have to admit that the last third of the story did catch and hold my attention though. I also adored Lily and felt an emotional connection between she and Matt. I loved the ending too and what we learn about Lily’s life. Overall it was definitely different and had just enough mystery to keep me reading but judging it by all the positive reviews it’s received in barely one day of the release and I guess I expected something more.
Length: The kindle edition ended at the 93% mark on page 49 and location 702.
Natraj –
Imagine a story about time travel (minus the actual travel) set in 2 different centuries against the backdrop of war. This is that story. It reads like a novel & is quite immersive. For the length of the book — which will take you no longer than half an hour to read — it feels like a fully layered & intricate story.
Show Me –
Tight, cleverly written short story. Petty officers connect by shortwave radio. Don’t want to say more and ruin the story for you! But you’ll love the premise.
Kindle Customer –
The story was well written and came to life as I read it. I enjoyed this imaginative story of a time swap scenario between an intelligent woman in the service of her country in England in WW2, connecting her to another service man in the present time. I could have done without the colorful language, however, it played a bit part in the story itself, and sadly reminded me of how we have allowed foul language to become the norm today. When did we all become the foul mouthed sailor? I digress, read this story you will enjoy it too.
BLC –
I stumbled on this short story after reading all of Kate Quinn’s great historical fiction novels. I loved this story’s concept and how it linked to Quinn’s work and yet something new. It also had the emotion and information of her other books that keeps one engaged to learn more as well as finish the story. I listened to the audible version while walking my dog and the narrators were spot on, as they have been in other narrations of Quinn’s books.
A. Richard –
As a petty officer in the Women’s Royal Naval Service during 1943 in England, it is the responsibility of Lily Baines to carefully listen over the radio airwaves in the hope of catching details being broadcast by those fighting against her country. She really tries to stay positive while working, yet the continued battles make her wonder about who will eventually win the war. One night, a rather strange communication from an American sailor is picked up, and it seems his ship has been attacked. But several facts do not seem just right, in particular when the year of the event seemed to be 2023. While Lily is told to forget about what she heard, she cannot and takes steps to ensure that ST1 Matt Jackson knows what is about to happen in his time.
When a new author is discovered and I find this writer’s work to be extremely imaginative, I feel so satisfied when the book is finished. Though SIGNAL MOON is a short story by Kate Quinn, there is nothing lacking when it comes to engrossing content plus constant believability. The situations that show how important woman codebreakers were during WWII are always realistically depicted, and even the circumstances with a paranormal aspect came across as totally plausible and made me want to believe these occurrences could have actually happened. Lily and Matt are two very intriguing characters, and their responses to each development were genuine and often emotionally affecting, especially when they were conversing with each other. I will definitely be checking out other books by Kate Quinn.
Amazon Customer –
Such a beautiful, yet sad story. I loved it!!
Rob Reitz –
Short and sweet. Maybe too sweet. But I’m a sucker for a WW2 Bletchley Park type story. Well written and fun to read.
Mick Jones –
Mind you, it wasn’t at two points in the story; it was two readings within 24 hours. It is a very short story (each Kindle page turn equalled another percentage point).
Some of the most touching stories seem to be those with bittersweet endings. Think Casablanca. Rick and Ilsa never did get together. In this story, Matt and Lily cannot possibly get together. As they realize their time talking together must come to an end after they have grown close, their last interaction is simply speaking. And I lost it. Twice. This is such a short and inexpensive read. Do yourself a favor and get it. Won’t take you more than 2-4 hours.
AndiBee –
Saw this on the Kindle First selection. Ive had many duffers and was contemplating NOT getting one, believe it or not the word Moon caught my eye! I read the description and thought Id give it a go!
Wonderful story. Short and sweet and just right for the tale! Lovely characters that let your imagination have sone space, enough info to carry the story without going too detailed on the science involved. Great read!
Id recomend to anyone who likes a bit if history abd a bit of sci-fi – go for it!
Susan Reynolds –
As always with a Kate Quinn, a Great War story.
This imaginary encounter is tantalizing in its brevity and yet has all it needs to satisfy the goal for two main characters to involve you in their mystery. Very enjoyable!
Laurie ‘The Baking Bookworm’ –
Set in Yorkshire in 1943, this WWII novella by Kate Quinn was exclusively written as an Amazon First Reads picks. I’m not a fan of short stories, but with Quinn’s name on it, I snapped it up!
Signal Moon weaves in bits of WWII history about Y Stations (intelligence hot spots) and the role some women played in the war while adding an interesting time element between the two main characters. Lily Bains is a young petty officer and signal tracker in the Women’s Royal Navy in England whose job is to listen to audio frequencies and messages in the hopes of hearing and relaying German intelligence to the Allies. When she hears a transmission from an American naval officer in trouble, she prepares to help Matt Jackson only to find out his message is coming from the year 2023.
This novella has given me hope that I can enjoy novellas. With good pacing, a strong connection and banter between Lily and Matt, Quinn doesn’t waste any time helping her reader bond with these two characters or learn about the interesting and important work of signal trackers.
This is a unique concept that blends historical fiction with a touch of time travel. This is a one or two sitting kind of read and is great on its own or as a follow-up to Quinn’s The Rose Code which focused on the women code breakers of Bletchley Park.