A brilliant, character-driven debut novel . . . An imaginative journey that's absorbing, thoughtful and deeply humane

Lisa Tuttle, Guardian

A rousing achievement – the intergenerational sci fi novel is an aspiration for many – yet what makes Here and Beyond stand out is its dedication to character, richness of emotion, and a tender eye for the humanity of all. Hal LaCroix's world feels warm, lived in, a future we can barely dare to dream. He's smart enough to know when to deliver the answers we crave, and precisely how to give us hope

Courttia Newland, author of A RIVER CALLED TIME

A multi-generational epic ... A rich plum-cake of a book which the author packs with all kinds of goodies – sentient robot birds, a circular river, Dürer's self-portrait, Kubrick's 2001 – as he charts the life of a tiny and precarious community as it travels for three centuries between the stars, asking itself all the while what life is for

Chris Beckett, author of DARK EDEN

This is a cracker . . . Hal LaCroix shows us the difficulties that mount for those on board from disease to rebellions to some travellers who come to doubt that they are even on a ship at all . . . Don't just take my word for its brilliance

Alison Flood, NewScientist

A marvellously vivid tale of past and future worlds. Hal LaCroix has produced a haunting exploration of the human spirit that is both celebration and warning

Helen Gordon, author of THE METEORITES