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The Long War

(Long Earth 2)
Series: Long Earth
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The Long War by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter continues the thrilling exploration of the Multiverse, where countless parallel Earths await discovery. Humanity faces new challenges as societies spread across these worlds, with tensions mounting between those who remain on the original Earth and those who settle among the infinite frontier. The story delves into the implications of these settlements and the ever-evolving dynamics between the explorers and the nations left behind.
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This book may appeal to you if you enjoy exploring alternate realities and pondering humanity's future. Set in a series of parallel Earths, it combines imaginative sci-fi concepts with philosophical musings on society, technology, and the human spirit. It's a collaborative blend of Terry Pratchett's wit and Stephen Baxter's vision, promising a thought-provoking journey across an expansive multiverse.

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The Long War

Mankind is shaping the Long Earth – but in turn the Long Earth is shaping mankind ... A new β€˜America’, called Valhalla, is emerging more than a million steps from Datum Earth, with core American values restated in the plentiful environment of the Long Earth – and Valhalla is growing restless under the control of the Datum government...

From the combined talents of the UK's bestselling novelist and a giant of British science fiction comes the sequel to the phenomenal No.1 bestseller The Long Earth...

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From the combined talents of the UK's bestselling novelist and a giant of British science-fiction comes the sequel to the phenomenal No.1 bestseller The Long Earth...

The bestselling sequel to the phenomenal The Long Earth

'An absorbing collaborative effort from the two giants of SF' - Guardian

A generation after the events of The Long Earth, mankind has spread across the new worlds opened up by Stepping. Where Joshua and Lobsang once pioneered, now fleets of airships link the stepwise Americas with trade and culture.

Mankind is shaping the Long Earth - but in turn, the Long Earth is shaping mankind... A new 'America', called Valhalla, is emerging more than a million steps from Datum Earth, and it is growing restless...

Meanwhile, the Long Earth is suffused by the song of the trolls, graceful hive-mind humanoids. But the trolls are beginning to react to humanity's thoughtless exploitation...

And a gathering multiple crisis threatens to plunge the Long Earth into a war unlike any mankind has waged before.

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The Long War is the second in the Long Earth series.

Series: Long Earth

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780552167758

Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 05 June 2014

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Corgi Books

Illustration: Line drawing of a Twain.

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 31.0mm

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 199.0mm

Weight: 358g

Pages: 512

About the Author

Terry Pratchett (Author) Terry Pratchett was the acclaimed creator of the global bestselling Discworld series, the first of which, The Colour of Magic, was published in 1983. In all, he was the author of over fifty bestselling books which have sold over 100 million copies worldwide. His novels have been widely adapted for stage and screen, and he was the winner of multiple prizes, including the Carnegie Medal. He was awarded a knighthood for services to literature in 2009, although he always wryly maintained that his greatest service to literature was to avoid writing any. www.terrypratchettbooks.com Stephen Baxter (Author) Stephen Baxter is one of the UK's most acclaimed writers of science fiction and a multi-award winner. His many books include the classic Xeelee sequence, the Time's Odyssey novels (written with Arthur C. Clarke) and Time Ships, a sequel to H. G. Wells's The Time Machine, a Doctor Who novel, The Wheel of Ice, and most recently the epic, far-future novels Proxima and Ultima. He lives in Northumberland.

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