"A story about flying saucers, burgeoning cult leaders, and a heartbroken woman with a fantastical gift, Helium is a mesmerizing historical novel."  - Foreword Clarion Reviews

"Engaging…a skillfully written, multi-dimensional tale…by turns uplifting and sorrowful, this story will be enjoyed by a wide range of readers, particularly those interested in the skies and an era when UFOS, funny little men from Mars, and the possibility of what they might mean provided both entertainment and hope." - BlueInk Review

“Dave Kenney’s debut, Helium, is a beautiful meditation on what happens when our need to believe inevitably runs headlong into the cost of truth. A richly imagined story of the collective postwar psyche, the novel shows how the terrible, earthbound reality of grief always seems to send us looking for answers in the heavens. It’s a fantastic book. I highly recommend it.” - Kevin Powers, National Book Award finalist and author of The Yellow Birds

"Helium effortlessly melds the genres of sci-fi, historical fiction, and literary fiction together. Helium highlights the humanity in the universe's uncertainty and, in seamless prose, depicts the messy truth of faith and hope. This is the kind of book you devour to quench your ever-growing, cultish, out-of-this-world curiosity." - Independent Book Review

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