Natural Consequences -- Elia Barceló, Paperback Constellation high school friends connected by

high school friends connected by a shared traumatic experience

and other parenting challenges

His desperate attempts to shift the blame and dismiss the tragedy as an unfortunate accident are futile against the haunting truth: he could have saved them

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Natural Consequences -- Elia Barceló, Paperback Constellation high school friends connected byThe Xhroll, an alien humanoid race whose infertility is bringing them near extinction, come into contact with a crew of fertile human astronauts. Their encounter on a remote space station will have significant consequences for both species when a human male winds up impregnated. Author Elia Barcel?'s setup is funny and feminist, and it raises questions of what it means to be "male" or "female" prescient, considering this novel was first published