The Thousand Earths

In 2145AD John Hackett's adventure is just beginning.

In Year 30, Mela's story is coming to a close.

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.

A mission which will take him five million years to complete.

Not only is Hackett exploring unknown space, but he will return to a vastly
different time.

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.

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.

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.