{"product_id":"9781473228924","title":"The Thousand Earths","description":"In 2145AD John Hackett's adventure is just beginning.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In Year 30, Mela's story is coming to a close.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Hackett, in his trusty ship the Perseus, is not just a space traveller - beginning his travels with an expedition to Neptune and back - but, thanks to the time-dilation effect, a time traveller as well. His new mission will take him to Andromeda, to get a close-up look at the constellation which will eventually crash into the Milky Way, and give humanity a heads-up about the challenges which are coming.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A mission which will take him five million years to complete.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Not only is Hackett exploring unknown space, but he will return to a vastly different time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Mela's world is coming to an end. Erosion is eating away at the edges of every landmass - first at a rate of ten metres a year, but fast accelerating, displacing people and animals as the rising Tide destroys everything in its path. Putting more and more pressure on the people - and resources - which remain.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e She and her people have always known that this long-predicted end to their home, one of the Thousand Earths, is coming - but that makes their fight to survive, to protect each other, no less desperate . . . and no less doomed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A beautiful, page-turning story which interweaves the tale of these two characters, separated by both space and time, in a hopeful exploration of humanities' future, this is Stephen Baxter at his best.","brand":"Stephen Baxter","offers":[{"title":"Orion Publishing Group |  Paperback \/ softback  |  2023-10-03","offer_id":44229867831551,"sku":"9781473228924","price":19.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_8c5f12d4-95fa-4e1b-8f9c-9d76b480b660.jpg?v=1700681891","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781473228924","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}