Seveneves

By Neal Stephenson

The astounding new novel from the master of science fiction

President Barack Obama’s summer reading choice

What would happen if the world were ending?

When a catastrophic event renders the earth a ticking time bomb, it triggers a feverish race against the inevitable. An ambitious plan is devised to ensure the survival of humanity far beyond our atmosphere. But unforeseen dangers threaten the intrepid pioneers, until only a handful of survivors remain…

Five thousand years later, their progeny – seven distinct races now three billion strong – embark on yet another audacious journey into the unknown, to an alien world utterly transformed by cataclysm and time: Earth.

A writer of dazzling genius and imaginative vision, Neal Stephenson combines science, philosophy, technology, psychology, and literature in a magnificent work of speculative fiction that offers a portrait of a future that is at once extraordinary and eerily recognizable. He explores some of our biggest ideas and perplexing challenges in a breathtaking saga that is daring, engrossing, and altogether brilliant.

Format: Trade Paperback
Release Date: 21 May 2015
Pages: 880
ISBN: 978-0-00-813252-1
Price: £12.99 (Export Price) , £12.99, €15.07
Neal Stephenson is the author of Reamde, Anathem; the three-volume historical epic the Baroque Cycle (Quicksilver, The Confusion, and The System of the World); Cryptonomicon, The Diamond Age, Zodiac and the iconic Snow Crash, named one of Time magazine\'s top one hundred all-time best English-language novels. He lives in Seattle, Washington.

Praise for Seveneves: -

A Financial Times Summer read -

”'The scope of Seveneves is breathtaking, the suspense tremendous, the execution faultless” - Financial Times Books of the Year So Far…

”'Remarkable” - Publishers Weekly

Praise for Neal Stephenson: -

”'Genius” - Time

”'He makes reading so much fun it feels like a deadly sin” - The New York Times

‘Fast-forward free-style mall mythology for the 21st century’William Gibson -

”'[Stephenson is] the hacker Hemingway” - Newsweek