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I am a huge fan of Amazon’s short story collection. Rarely do I enjoy short stories, as it seems there is little character and plot development. I am left unsatisfied. Somehow, Amazon has recruited elite authors who are able to achieve fulfilling stories that leaves the reader satisfied.

“Signal Moon��, by Kate Quinn is a bit of a science fiction story involving physics and multi-dimensions. Also, not a genre I gravitate to. Author Kate Quinn is the draw. She is one of my favorite historical fiction authors.

Lily Baines, a viscount’s daughter working as a Wren in a listening station in 1943 for the British navel intelligence, remarkably intercepts a strange SOS from an American Officer, Matt Jackson, stating that the USS Colin Powell was hit. She learns that these transmissions are sent from the year 2023!

Lily wants to help Matt, but he does not hear her. Resourceful Lily finds a way!

This is a fun story that grabbed me from the start. I did the eBook/audio option so I could read and listen to the audio at the same time. The audio added a lot to the story. The audio was narrated by Saskia Maarleveld and Andrew Gibson. The sound affects made the story wonderful.

In her author’s note, Quinn states that Lily’s character is closely based on that of Pat Owtram, a petty officer in the Woman’s Royal Naval Service, aka the WRENS. Quinn states that author Tessa Dunlop wrote a book based on Ms Owtram entitled “The Bletchley Girls��.

I highly recommend the audio!