{"product_id":"9781473228924","title":"The Thousand Earths","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 2145AD John Hackett's adventure is just beginning.   In Year 30, Mela's story is coming to a close.   Hackett, in his trusty ship the Perseus, is not just a space traveller - beginning his travels with an expedition to Neptune and back - but, thanks to the time-dilation effect, a time traveller as well. His new mission will take him to Andromeda, to get a close-up look at the constellation which will eventually crash into the Milky Way, and give humanity a heads-up about the challenges which are coming.   A mission which will take him five million years to complete.   Not only is Hackett exploring unknown space, but he will return to a vastly different time.   Mela's world is coming to an end. Erosion is eating away at the edges of every landmass - first at a rate of ten metres a year, but fast accelerating, displacing people and animals as the rising Tide destroys everything in its path. Putting more and more pressure on the people - and resources - which remain.   She and her people have always known that this long-predicted end to their home, one of the Thousand Earths, is coming - but that makes their fight to survive, to protect each other, no less desperate . . . and no less doomed.   A beautiful, page-turning story which interweaves the tale of these two characters, separated by both space and time, in a hopeful exploration of humanities' future, this is Stephen Baxter at his best.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rye Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45460649115869,"sku":"9781473228924","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0064\/1368\/0730\/files\/9781473228924.jpg?v=1720016482","url":"https:\/\/ryebooks.co.uk\/products\/9781473228924","provider":"Rye Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}