Creation node

Baxter, Stephen

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In the year 2255, a woman named Salma, twenty years old, is the first to fully see – with her own eyes, albeit moderated by her ship’s instruments – the object called Planet Nine. See, but not recognise what it was. Not yet. Not that the object turned out to be a planet, or the ‘ninth’ of anything. Briefly thought to be a black hole, it suddenly changes, expands and sends a message. There is something waiting on its service. Something not quite human. As the ramifications of this event spread across the fracturing elements of humanity, it is clear that the small crew on the spot are at the centre of the most dramatic discovery in history. But this is not the only inexplicable event happening – impossibly, at exactly the same moment, a quasar has appeared twenty-five thousand light years away, pouring heat into the solar system.

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Publish Date: 21/09/2023
ISBN: 9781473228955 Category: Tags: ,

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In the year 2255, of all the sentient beings in her universe, it was a woman named Salma, twenty years old, who was the first fully to see the object called Planet Nine. See with her own eyes, albeit moderated by her ship’s instruments. If not to recognise what it was, not yet.

Not that the object turned out to be a planet, or the ‘ninth’ of anything. Briefly thought to be a black hole, it suddenly changes, expands and sends a message. There is something waiting on its service. Something not quite human.

As the ramifications of this event spread across the fracturing elements of humanity, it is clear that the small crew on the spot are at the centre of the most dramatic discovery in history. But theirs is not the only inexplicable event happening – impossibly, at exactly the same moment, a quasar appeared twenty-five thousand light years away, and now is heating up the solar system.

If the enigma of the creation node is not solved quickly, there may be no one left to investigate it . . .

Additional information

Weight 687 g
Dimensions 236 × 158 × 44 mm
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Imprint

Cover

Hardback

Pages

442

Language

English

Edition

Hardback original

Dewey

823.92 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K