Hold Back the Stars
Play sample
  • Published: 26 January 2017
  • ISBN: 9781473541269
  • Imprint: Transworld Digital
  • Format: Audio Download
  • Length: 8 hr 34 min
  • Narrator: Gemma Whelan
  • RRP: $19.99
Categories:

Hold Back the Stars

Formats & editions
EBook
26 Jan 2017
Audiobook
26 Jan 2017
Paperback
27 Nov 2017
Buy from…
Apple Books Audible Google Play Kobo Libro.fm Spotify

One Day meets Gravity - this is the stellar debut from Katie Khan

‘We’re going to be fine.’
He looks around, but there’s nothing out here: nothing but the bottomless black universe on their left, the Earth suspended in glorious technicolour to their right.

Carys and Max have ninety minutes of air left.
None of this was supposed to happen.
But, perhaps this doesn’t need to be the end…
Adrift in space with nothing to hold on to but each other, Carys and Max can’t help but look back at the well-ordered world they have left behind – at the rules they couldn’t reconcile themselves to, and a life to which they might now never return.
For in a world where love is banned, what happens when you find it?

Hold Back the Stars is a love story like no other.

PRAISE FOR HOLD BACK THE STARS

'Original, surprising and romantic.' Woman & Home

‘Full of wonder and heart.’ Emma Jane Unsworth

'The most unique love story I've read in years.' Rowan Coleman

'Think Gravity meets The Versions of Us.' Red
  • Published: 26 January 2017
  • ISBN: 9781473541269
  • Imprint: Transworld Digital
  • Format: Audio Download
  • Length: 8 hr 34 min
  • Narrator: Gemma Whelan
  • RRP: $19.99
Categories:

About the author

Katie Khan

Katie Khan is a writer from London whose first novel, Hold Back the Stars, was published to great acclaim, translated into twenty-two languages, and is being adapted into a feature film. The Light Between Us is her second novel.

Follow her on Twitter and Instagram @katie_khan.

katiekhan.com

portrait photo of Katie Khan

Also by Katie Khan

The Light Between Us
See all

Praise for Hold Back the Stars

Beguiling and heartbreaking.

Richard Skinner

Dazzling . . . a truly stellar debut, full of wonder and heart. I'm sure it's going to be a mega hit.

Emma Jane Unsworth, author of Animals

A beautiful, moving, truly original tale. I loved this book for taking me by surprise.

Renee Knight, author of Disclaimer

A tense, crisp, edge-of-your-seat love story and a completely unexpected ending, I was gripped from the first line to the last. Hold Back The Stars is out of this world. I loved it.

Anna McPartlin, author of The Last Days of Rabbit Hayes

An edge-of-your-seat tale.

Vogue

Gripping from the very first page Hold Back the Stars is a rare combination of thrilling action, deep emotional depth and intelligent ideas. The most unique love story I've read in years.

Rowan Coleman, author of The Memory Book

A high-stakes, high-concept love story from a bold new talent . . . All of the obvious "out of this world" comments apply.

Matt Haig, author of The Humans

Gorgeous, brilliant, heartbreaking . . . A love story to remember.

Debbie Howells, author of The Bones of You

Playfully serious, imaginatively assured, Hold Back the Stars packs real emotional punch.

Laline Paull, author of The Bees

Terrific . . . A beautiful story.

Samantha Shannon, author of The Bone Season

What a wonderful book.

Claire Douglas, author of The Sisters

A stand-out read, I'll be recommending it to everyone.

James Oswald, author of Natural Causes

This is a stirring, unique and beautifully crafted story on the complexities of first love that will stay with you long after reading. This is going to be huge.

Image

Prepare to shed tears

Heat

Think Gravity meets The Versions of Us

Red

Original, surprising and romantic

Woman & Home

Terrific . . . A beautiful story

Samantha Shannon, author of The Bone Season

Breaks your heart, then kicks it a few more times for good measure in the most beautiful way possible

The Pool

Just the ticket if you’re looking to get lost in a breathless love story

Grazia

A tense fight for survival with an unexpected ending ****

Sun

A unique take on the usual dystopian fiction . . . a worthwhile read which will keep you up past bed time

SciFi Now