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Raft

Raft Action & Adventure

Raft

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"Such realistic brilliance you can see a whole civilisation in it" - The Times "Simply amazing science fiction that will have me grabbing book two" - Goodreads Reviewer, 5 stars "one of the best scifi concepts out there" - Amazon Reviewer, 5 stars Stephen Baxter's highly acclaimed first novel and the beginning of his stunning Xeelee Sequence. A spaceship from Earth accidentally survives the transition to a radically different universe. Five-hundred-years later, their descendants still struggle for existence. The Miners live on the Belt, a ramshackle ring of dwellings orbiting the core of a dead star. They trade for food from the Raft, a structure built from the wreckage of the ship, and where a small group of scientists preserve the ancient knowledge which makes survival possible. Rees is a Miner whose curiosity about his world makes him a stowaway on a flying tree. And what he finds will change his world...
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
256
Release Date:
2018-07-12
Publication Date:
2018-07-12
Publisher:
Orion Publishing Co
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1473224055
ISBN13:
9781473224056
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
Weight:
244 g
Height:
128 cm
Width:
198 cm
Thickness:
22 cm
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