![]() ![]() Two versions of humanity the Threshers, who live in a ring of habitats encircling Earth, and the Slashers, who inhabit the outer planets each blame the other for the disaster. ![]() Three centuries from now, a technologically induced catastrophe, the Nanocaust, makes Earth uninhabitable. In his latest SF novel, Reynolds (Absolution Gap) creates yet another quirky, noirish vision of humanity's future. ![]() And Verity must find the device, and the man who plans to activate it, before it's too late - for the past and the future of two worlds.Ĭentury Rain is a jaw-droppingly good SF thriller, packed with pace, adventure, brilliant storytelling and with twists that will keep you guessing to the end. Somewhere on this alternate planet is a device capable of destroying both worlds at either end of the wormhole. Something astonishing has been discovered at the far end of a wormhole: a mid-20th-century version of Earth, preserved like a fly in amber. Now, her expertise is required for a far greater purpose. Archaeologist Verity Auger specializes in the exploration of its surviving landscape. Three hundred years from now, Earth has been rendered uninhabitable due to the technological catastrophe known as the Nanocaust. Part science fiction thriller, part interstellar adventure, and part noir crime, Century Rain is an astonishing international bestseller of "blistering powers and style" ( SF Revu). ![]()
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