
The Landing
Mary Gentle(Author)
Gollancz (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 31. December 2045
Book
Paperback/Softback
432 pages
978-0-575-08353-0 (ISBN)
Description
THE LAWS OF PHYSICS ARE MEANT TO BE OBEYED.
Aeris Warren-Finch is NASA's Acting Director of the New Earth Object Lab, overseeing the transit of a large unidentified object past Earth's orbit. She's trained and worked all her life for this. She couldn't be more ready.
But the object changes trajectory. What was one object becomes three, seven, nineteen. Nineteen different modules land across the planet.
When the nearest module creates a dome and leaves Aeris stranded within its confines, she's left to wander in search of safety. But things are stranger than she could have guessed, and she soon discovers she's not the only one wandering the alien landscapes under the domes.
Alongside her 105-year-old great-grandmother, a displaced imam, the President of the United States and her bodyguard, Aeris must find a way home before they run out of water, food and ideas.
The question is: when every direction reveals new and strange geographies, which way is the right way to go?
A breathtaking work of science fiction. Fans of Contact, The Three Body Problem and The Last Astronaut will find something to love within its pages.
Aeris Warren-Finch is NASA's Acting Director of the New Earth Object Lab, overseeing the transit of a large unidentified object past Earth's orbit. She's trained and worked all her life for this. She couldn't be more ready.
But the object changes trajectory. What was one object becomes three, seven, nineteen. Nineteen different modules land across the planet.
When the nearest module creates a dome and leaves Aeris stranded within its confines, she's left to wander in search of safety. But things are stranger than she could have guessed, and she soon discovers she's not the only one wandering the alien landscapes under the domes.
Alongside her 105-year-old great-grandmother, a displaced imam, the President of the United States and her bodyguard, Aeris must find a way home before they run out of water, food and ideas.
The question is: when every direction reveals new and strange geographies, which way is the right way to go?
A breathtaking work of science fiction. Fans of Contact, The Three Body Problem and The Last Astronaut will find something to love within its pages.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Orion Publishing Co
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 153 mm
Weight
41 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-575-08353-0 (9780575083530)
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Person
Mary Gentle is one of the world's most acclaimed writers of fantasy and SF, winning the BSFA Best Novel Award for Ash: A Secret History. She has a number of academic degrees, including an MA in War Studies, and has hands-on experience of sword-fighting and armour, amongst many other useful talents. She lives in Stevenage, Hertfordshire.