The Long Utopia
Author | : Terry Pratchett |
Publisher | : Random House |
Total Pages | : 448 |
Release | : 2015-06-18 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781448167647 |
ISBN-13 | : 1448167647 |
Rating | : 4/5 (647 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Long Utopia written by Terry Pratchett and published by Random House. This book was released on 2015-06-18 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 . . .