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Michael Poole, a nuclear engineer grieving the loss of his wife Morag, is haunted by her apparitions on a Miami beach. A century and a half later, Alia, born aboard a starship thousands of light‑years from Earth, has been chosen by the Transcendents—a group mind guiding humanity’s evolution—to witness Michael’s life. Their mission preserves every human's pain, aiming for evolutionary transcendence. Michael grapples with a looming ecological disaster as buried toxic gases threaten Earth, while Alia must confront the darker motives of the Transcendents and journey into the past to save future humanity.
First publish date: 2005
Genre: Science Fiction/Hard Science Fiction
Authors: Stephen Baxter
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