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Fiction, Science fiction
A brand new look for one of SF master David Brin's most acclaimed novels: a scientifically faithful tale of the fate of our world and the havoc mankind wreaks upon it.
It's fifty years from tomorrow, and a black hole has accidentally fallen into the Earth's core. A team of scientists frantically searches for a way to prevent the mishap from causing harm, only to discover another black hole already feeding relentlessly at the core - one that could destroy the entire planet within two years.
But some argue that the only way to save the Earth is to let its human inhabitants become extinct: to let the million-year evolutionary clock rewind and start all over again.
From an underground lab in New Zealand to a space station in Low Earth Orbit, from an endangered species conservation park in Africa to a home in New Orleans, EARTH is a gripping novel peopled with extraordinary characters and abundant with challenging new ideas. Above all, it is an impassioned testament about our own responsibility to our endangered planet.
Praise for Earth
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This book is not just a green globe-trotting adventure; it is also a thoughtful mix of warning and promise - GUARDIAN
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One hell of a novel . . . has what sci-fi readers want these days; intelligence, action, and an epic scale - ISAAC ASIMOV'S SCIENCE FICTION MAGAZINE
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He weaves the alien textures exquisitely - NEW SCIENTIST
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