Book:The Long Utopia
| Book:The Long Utopia | |
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| Co-author(s) | {{{coauthors}}} |
| Illustrator(s) | {{{illustrator}}} |
| Publisher | Doubleday, Random House |
| Publication date | arriving on Datum Earth in June 2015 |
| ISBN | 0062393219 |
| Pages | 354 (hardback) |
| RRP | £18.98 |
| Main characters | Joshua Valienté, Sister Agnes, Lobsang |
| Series | The Long Earth |
| Annotations | View |
| Notes | with Stephen Baxter |
| All data relates to the first UK edition. | |
Publisher's Blurb
2045-2059. After the cataclysmic upheavals of Step Day and the Yellowstone eruption humanity is spreading further into the Long Earth, and society, on a battered Datum Earth and beyond, continues to evolve. Now an elderly and cantankerous AI, Lobsang lives in disguise with Agnes in an exotic, far-distant world. He’s convinced they’re leading a normal life in New Springfield – they even adopt a child – but it seems they have been guided there for a reason. As rumours of strange sightings and hauntings proliferate, it becomes clear that something is very awry with this particular world. Millions of steps away, Joshua is on a personal journey of discovery: learning about the father he never knew and a secret family history. But then he receives a summons from New Springfield. Lobsang now understands the enormity of what’s taking place beneath the surface of his earth – a threat to all the worlds of the Long Earth. To counter this threat will require the combined efforts of humankind, machine and the super-intelligent Next. And some must make the ultimate sacrifice . . .