Accidentally crossing through a hole in space-time, a spaceship from Earth enters a universe where the force of gravity is one billion times as strong as the gravity we know.

Divided into two main groups, the decadents of the original crew still struggle for existence as five hundred years go by.

The Miners live on the Belt, a ramshackle ring of dwellings orbiting the core of a dead star, which they excavate for raw materials.

Traded for food from the Raft, a structure built from the wreckage of the ship, on which a small group of scientists preserve the ancient knowledge which makes survival possible.

Rees curiosity about his world makes him stow away on a flying tree carrying trade between the Belt & the Raft.

Product Information:
• ISBN: 9781473224056
• Author: Stephen Baxter
• Publisher: Orion Books
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 246
• Dimensions: 20 x 13 x 2cm

















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