Not a fanI also read the sequel, Children of God, which came out a couple of years after The Sparrow, but I found it very weak. I was very disappointed with this.
Children of God (1998)
Others: Mostly negative The only member of the original mission to the planet Rakhat to return to Earth, Father Emilio Sandoz has barely begun to recover from his ordeal when the Society of Jesus calls upon him for help in preparing for another mission to Alpha Centauri. Despite his objections and fear, he cannot escape his past or the future. Old friends, new discoveries and difficult questions await Emilio as he struggles for inner peace and understanding in a moral universe whose boundaries now extend beyond the solar system and whose future lies with children born in a faraway place.
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- 9780449004838
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- 438 pages
Genres: science fiction
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Not a fan
Not a fanit definitely did not deliver we're still following our Jesuit priest who survived a first Contact Mission Among the Stars
Mixedshe also wrote a follow-up book to this called children of God I don't think it quite captures the lightning in the bottle that the sparrow does