Title Synopsis: A strange black orb appears. First Toronto. Then New York. Then Beijing. And then people start disappearing.
Sixteen-year-old Kris watches her mother vanish as the first orb hovers over a downtown square. More follow. Entire cities empty.
The world is running out of time.
Kris is an exceptional young mind, so she sees what others miss: the flashing patterns in the orbs aren’t random. They’re mathematical.
When a team of the world’s brightest scientists confirms she’s right, the race to decode the message falls to her. Each breakthrough pulls her deeper, and the patterns from the sky call to her.
With her older sister’s help, Kris chases clues that could return the taken. But the more she understands, the clearer it becomes that the next step is hers alone.
About the Author: Anthony Bonato is a professor of mathematics at Toronto Metropolitan University and an expert in graph theory and network science. He is the author of several books, including the popular mathematics book Dots and Lines: Hidden Networks in Social Media, AI, and Nature. The Sky Took Us is his first novel.
Author: Anthony Bonato
Narrator: Honey St. Dennis
Publisher: Aublis Press
Copyright: © 2026 Anthony Bonato
Audiobook Release Date: 2026-07-10
Original Book Release Date: April 21, 2026
Running Time: 06:30:18
Track Count: 17
Word Count: 58,000
Audiobook ISBN: 9781971980263
