Sunstorm

Product Description [This is the Audiobook CD Library Edition in vinyl case.] Clarke and Baxter continue their collaboration in this mind-blowing second installment of the Time Odyssey series. Returned to the Earth of 2037 by the Firstborn, mysterious beings of almost limitless technological prowess, Bisesa Dutt is haunted by the memories of her five years spent on the strange alternate Earth called Mir, a jigsaw-puzzle world made up of lands and people cut out of different eras of Earth's history. Why did the Firstborn create Mir? Why was Bisesa taken there and then brought back on the day after her original disappearance? Bisesa's questions receive a chilling answer when scientists discover an anomaly in the sun's core -- an anomaly with no natural cause, evidence of alien intervention over two thousand years before. Now, plans set in motion millennia ago by inscrutable watchers light-years away are coming to fruition in a sunstorm designed to scour Earth of all life through a bombardment of deadly radiation. Thus commences a furious race against a ticking solar time bomb. But even now, as the apocalypse looms, cooperation is not easy for the peoples and nations of Earth. Religious and political differences threaten to undermine every effort. And all the while, the Firstborn are watching. The triumphant conclusion of the 'Time Odyssey' series, Firstborn, will be available on CD from Blackstone Audio in May 2011. Review ''Will especially appeal to fans of hard SF who appreciate well-grounded science and humans with a can-do attitude to problem solving. . . Will keep readers turning the pages.'' -- Publishers Weekly ''Splendid. . . Sunstorm is [Baxter] and Clarke's most seamless collaboration to date.'' --Booklist''Clarke and Baxter have mastered the art of saving the world in blockbuster style.'' --Entertainment Weekly''An insidious vision of the future that's sure to thrill fans of 2001: A Space Odyssey and other SF classics.'' --Bookmarks Magazine''Clarke and Baxter have mastered the art of saving the world in blockbuster style.'' --Entertainment Weekly''An insidious vision of the future that's sure to thrill fans of 2001: A Space Odyssey and other SF classics.'' --Bookmarks Magazine''Clarke and Baxter have mastered the art of saving the world in blockbuster style.'' --Entertainment Weekly''An insidious vision of the future that's sure to thrill fans of 2001: A Space Odyssey and other SF classics.'' --Bookmarks Magazine About the Author ARTHUR C. CLARKE (1917-2008) wrote the novel and coauthored the screenplay for 2001: A Space Odyssey. He was knighted by the British monarchy and is the only science fiction writer to be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. His fiction and nonfiction have sold more than one hundred million copies worldwide. STEPHEN BAXTER is a trained engineer with degrees from Cambridge and the University of Southampton. He is the acclaimed author of the 'Manifold' novels and Evolution and has won the British Science Fiction Award, the Locus Award, the Philip K. Dick Award, and the John W. Campbell Award and was nominated for the Arthur C. Clarke Award.