{"product_id":"the-thousand-earths","title":"The  Thousand Earths","description":"In 2145AD John Hackett's adventure is just beginning.\n\nIn Year 30, Mela's story is coming to a close.\n\nHackett, 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.\n\nA mission which will take him five million years to complete.\n\nNot only is Hackett exploring unknown space, but he will return to a vastly different time.\n\nMela'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.\n\nShe 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.\n\nA 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.","brand":"Gollancz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40594190041173,"sku":"9781473228900N","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2481\/5790\/products\/33664881-d12e-4396-92e2-ebdc9cfa47c8.jpg?v=1682330663","url":"https:\/\/smeikalbooks.co.uk\/en-us\/products\/the-thousand-earths","provider":"smeikalbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}