Four hostages are rescued from a group of religious extremists in Barcelona. After five years of being held captive together, they make a vow to always watch out for one another. But they never expected this. The world they have returned to has been transformed-by water. And the water is rising.
"A largely old-fashioned disaster tale presented with spectacle and efficient pacing." -Locus
"A gripping near-future allegory of global warming." -BBC Focus
"Bold, compassionate, exhilarating, wrenching stuff." -Niall Harrison, Internet Review of Science Fiction
Stephen Baxter is a trained engineer with degrees from Cambridge and Southampton Universities. Baxter is the winner of both the British Science Fiction Association Award and the Locus Award, as well as being a nominee for an Arthur C. Clarke Award, most recently for Manifold: Time. His novel Voyage won the Sidewise Award for Alternate History in Long Form. He also won the John W. Campbell Award and the Philip K. Dick Award for his novel The Time Ships.
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Four hostages are rescued from a group of religious extremists in Barcelona. After five years of being held captive together, they make a vow to always watch out for one another. But they never expected this. The world they have returned to has been transformed-by water. And the water is rising.
Reviews
"A largely old-fashioned disaster tale presented with spectacle and efficient pacing." -Locus
"A gripping near-future allegory of global warming." -BBC Focus
"Bold, compassionate, exhilarating, wrenching stuff." -Niall Harrison, Internet Review of Science Fiction
Stephen Baxter is a trained engineer with degrees from Cambridge and Southampton Universities. Baxter is the winner of both the British Science Fiction Association Award and the Locus Award, as well as being a nominee for an Arthur C. Clarke Award, most recently for Manifold: Time. His novel Voyage won the Sidewise Award for Alternate History in Long Form. He also won the John W. Campbell Award and the Philip K. Dick Award for his novel The Time Ships.
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