I’m so glad I read Calculating Stars before the story that started it all.

Elma and Nathaniel live on Mars. They should be enjoying their golden years — but instead Nathaniel’s dying and Elma’s dreaming of the stars.

I got to know both Elma and Nathaniel well in the books. The pair we meet here are pale shadows of them.

This story is very good, but not as good as the books.