About Helium
A twisty historical novel set during the 1950s—when anything was possible.
Joan has a gravity problem—and she’s desperate to keep it hidden. Haunted by a loss too heavy to bear, she drifts to Palomar Gardens, a tiny Southern California commune where hope hovers and teases. Here she encounters George (based on the real-life 1950s flying saucer guru, George Adamski), a charismatic mystic whose lofty visions will soon captivate the world. Drawn into George’s orbit, Joan finds her footing. But the line between wonder and deception is thin, and her hold on reality slips. Improbable machines appear in the sky, only to vanish without explanation. Beautiful lies masquerade as truth. Her secret unmoors with consequences she cannot foresee.
Helium is a story of faith, folly, and the fragile human longing to touch the stars—of searching for a place in the cosmos where the possible and the impossible carry equal weight.
Will wonders never cease?
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Author Bio:
Dave Kenney is a novelist and author of more than two dozen historical nonfiction books. Two of his histories won the Minnesota Book Award. His previous career in journalism included stints as a local television reporter and writer with CNN. Despite outward signs of normalcy, he suffers from an unhealthy obsession with flying saucers (even though he’s pretty sure they don’t exist). Kenney lives in the Twin Cities of Minnesota, where he now revels in making up stories rather than mindlessly sticking to the facts. Helium is his first novel.