Signal Moon

A Short Story

By: Kate Quinn

Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld, Andrew Gibson

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Diamond Eye comes a riveting short story about an impossible connection across two centuries that could make the difference between peace or war.

Yorkshire, 1943. Lily Baines, a bright young debutante increasingly ground down by an endless war, has traded in her white gloves for a set of headphones. It’s her job to intercept enemy naval communications and send them to Bletchley Park for decryption.

One night, she picks up a transmission that isn’t code at all—it’s a cry for help.

An American ship is taking heavy fire in the North Atlantic—but no one else has reported an attack, and the information relayed by the young US officer, Matt Jackson, seems all wrong. The contact that Lily has made on the other end of the radio channel says it’s…2023.

Across an eighty-year gap, Lily and Matt must find a way to help each other: Matt to convince her that the war she’s fighting can still be won, and Lily to help him stave off the war to come. As their connection grows stronger, they both know there’s no telling when time will run out on their inexplicable link.

©2022 Kate Quinn (P)2022 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

Critic reviews

“The touch of fantasy interjected into this compelling audiobook is a unique departure from author Kate Quinn's usual historical fiction.… The narrators make the characters so real that listeners can suspend disbelief and feel their tension, grit, and cleverness. Both narrators display considerable linguistic talent as they portray these heroes with warmth and bravado.”—AudioFile Magazine, Earphones Award Winner

I’m not crying, you’re crying

This was beautiful! Great story, great narration! Great characters! I loved it. Highly recommended if you like time travel stories.

An excellent and engaging short story.

An excellent and engaging short story.

I was hooked from the beginning. The premise is excellently executed in the short page count.

Narrators are great. I am a huge fan of dual narrators for two perspective stories and Maarleveld and Gibson don't disappoint.

the voices took it to the next level

this story was great! it was a perfect length for the story. the narration really added so much to it as well. it was very world War 2 colliding with today but no one knew. that is, it collides via radio signals.
this is a quick short story that grabs your attention quick and before you know it, it's over. Like the characters in the story you may find yourself looking for it to last a little longer.

Amazing story

This was a great back to the future-esqe type story which crossed 1943 and 2023 brilliantly. Gripping and well read. Drew me in from the start. Will listen to again and highly recommend.

Signal Moon

This was thoroughly enjoyable! Storyline was spot on characters portrayed the story beautifully. Well done Kate Quinn!