Wrapping up the Time Odyssey trilogy - according to the publishers
anyway. The book's contents speak otherwise.In Time's Eye (2004)
one version of planet Earth was split into segments, then
reassembled, with each segment from a different epoch. In Sunstorm
(2005) another Earth defended itself against a gigantic solar
flare. The enigmatic alien Firstborn, having caused both baffling
events, intend to wipe out intelligent life, so that they can do -
well, whatever it is they want to do, billions of years hence,
without interference. This time, Sunstorm scientists note another
object drifting toward Earth: a Q-bomb, a device powered by dark
energy, peculiar stuff that (according to current real-world
theories) powers the accelerating expansion of the universe.
Athena, an artificial intelligence launched into space, finds a
home, and reports back that Earth isn't the only planet to have
suffered the aliens' malevolent attentions. Meanwhile, Bisesa Dutt,
having survived on both Earths, wakes from a 19-year hibernation
and hurries off to Mars, where scientists have discovered an Eye
trapped in the polar ice by a Martian civilization billions of
years ago. Bisesa has a curious affinity for the Eyes, enigmatic
spheres by which means the Firstborn keep tabs on developments. The
Eye sends her to Mir, the reassembled Earth, where a flabby, aging
Alexander the Great is busy trying to conquer the patchwork planet.
Various other characters wander about the cosmos, by space
elevator, ion drive and whatever, each peregrination described in
full scientific detail.Readable, but more science travelogue than
science fiction - and if you were anticipating a conclusion, or at
least an alien encounter, forget it. (Kirkus Reviews)
Two of the biggest names in SF together again, with the third of
the acclaimed Time's Odyssey sequence With this epic tale of
altered histories and different earths, a universe where
Alexander's empire prompted a different past, a world where strange
alien 'eyes' gaze upon a fractured reality, a time when man is
looking to colonise the red planet, Arthur C. Clarke and Stephen
Baxter scale new heights of ambition and sheer story telling brio.
This is classic SF adventure from two of the biggest names in the
genre. A heady combination of high concept SF, big engineering
projects and human drama.
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