- Fiction in English, Science Fiction, Space colonies, Exploration of outer space
The story of how we colonise a new world, and the discovery of an ancient secret that will change our understanding of our place in the Universe for ever. Sequel is Ultima.
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Contemporary, epic, earnest and grave.
- contemporarynostalgic
- intimateepic
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
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About the book
- Author
- Stephen Baxter
- First published
- 2013
- Pages
- 484
- Publisher
- Gollancz, Orion Publishing Group, Limited, Wydawnictwo Zysk i S-ka
- Editions
- 5
- Language
- Polish, English
- ISBN
- 9780575116849
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