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Portia Elan's debut novel, Homebound , will arrive next spring

The science fiction novel has received early praise from Circe author Madeline Miller, who says the book kept her "up all night"

PEOPLE has an exclusive first look at Homebound below

Portia Elan’s ambitious upcoming book promises to be an adventure.

PEOPLE can exclusively share the cover of the author debut novel Homebound , due out next year from Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster.

The science fiction novel follows Becks, a teenager in 1980s Cincinnati who is mourning the death of her uncle. Before he died, her uncle left behind a half-finished game that Becks is determined to complete for him.

But Becks soon comes to see that her uncle’s game has far-reaching impacts — namely, the future an

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