Summary
It’s fifty years from tomorrow, and a black hole has accidentally fallen into the Earth’s core. A team of scientists frantically searches for a way to prevent the mishap from causing harm, only to discover another black hole already feeding relentlessly at the core - one that could destroy the entire planet within two years.
But some argue that the only way to save the Earth is to let its human inhabitants become extinct: to let the million-year evolutionary clock rewind and start all…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780356501765 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0356501760 |
| Author: | David Brin |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Orbit |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 624 |
| Release Date: | 30 October 2012 |
| Weight: | 440g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 126mm x 38mm |
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This book is not just a green globe-trotting adventure; it is also a thoughtful mix of warning and promise - GUARDIAN
One hell of a novel … has what sci-fi readers want these days; intelligence, action, and an epic scale - ISAAC ASIMOV’S SCIENCE FICTION MAGAZINEHe weaves the alien textures exquisitely - NEW SCIENTISTAbout The Author
David Brin
David Brin is the acclaimed Hugo and Nebula award-winning author of ten novels and two collections of short stories. He has a doctorate in astrophysics, and has been a consultant to NASA and a graduate-level physics professor. He lives in California.
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