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Sci-FiSignal from EuropaKai Nakamura
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Sci-Fi · English · Completed

Signal from Europa

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Kai Nakamura53 followers
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★ 4.7514 ratings
22mRead time
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Forty kilometres under the ice, something has started answering back in her dead brother’s voice.

#first contact#slow build#space station
Updated 16 Aug 2025 · © All rights reserved

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Emma Anwar · 9 Sep

I stayed up way too late for this.

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Sofia Lopes ★★★★★ · 29 Sep

Slow in the middle, but the ending is worth it.

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Amna Shah ★★★★★ · 23 Aug

Gorgeous prose.

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Hamid Sheikh ★★★★★ · 11 Aug

The characters feel like people I know.

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Rafay Ahmed ★★★★★ · 5 Aug

One of the best things I’ve read on Storyloom.

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