SPARROW BY MARY DORIA RUSSELL. SPARROW IS THE PHENOMENAL LITERARY CLASSIC WITH MORE THAN 250,000 COPIES IN PRINT. IMPORTANT NOVELS LIKE THIS LEAVE DEEP CRACKS IN OUR BELIEFS, OUR PREJUDICES AND OUR BLINDERS. A MOTLEY COMBINATION OF AGNOSTICS, TRUE BELIEVERS AND MISFITS ARE THE FIRST TO EXPLORE A NEWLY DISCOVERED PLANET, WITH BOTH ENLIGHTENING AND DISASTROUS RESULTS.