{"product_id":"the-thousand-earths","title":"The Thousand Earths","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 2145AD John Hackett's adventure is just beginning.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nIn Year 30, Mela's story is coming to a close.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nHackett, in his trusty ship the \u003ci\u003ePerseus,\u003c\/i\u003e 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\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nA mission which will take him five million years to complete.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nNot only is Hackett exploring unknown space, but he will return to a vastly different time.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nMela'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\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nShe 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\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nA beautiful, page-turning story which interweaves the tale of these two characters, separated by both space and time, in a hopeful exploration of humanity's future, this is Stephen Baxter at his best.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stephen Baxter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67796274250009,"sku":"9781473228917","price":99.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1012\/7844\/9945\/files\/381078_637ea6c4461848.33799936_9781473228917.jpg?v=1791945259","url":"https:\/\/bigbadbooksale.co.za\/products\/the-thousand-earths","provider":"bigbadbooksale","version":"1.0","type":"link"}