The Distance Between Stars

THE DISTANCE BETWEEN STARS is the story of two Americans divided by history and skin color. Joe Kellerman white is an accomplished diplomat who has spent his career solving difficult problems in sub-Saharan countries. Maurice Hightower black is a prize-winning but controversial journalist who has spent his life exposing injustice in the United States. During a fact-finding trip to an African country that is quickly sliding towards civil war and where the U.S. government is accused of supporting the increasingly violent opposition Hightower travels alone into the bush and then disappears. The dangerous assignment of finding the missing man and bringing him to safety falls to Joe Kellerman. The story follows Kellermans hunt for a man he does not admire traces Hightowers pursuit of a truth that ever eludes him and balances the costs each man must pay to find redemption for a life lived imperfectly. While the novel takes place in Africa it is a uniquely American story.