The Long Earth by Terry Pratchett & Stephen Baxter

Complete Books 1-5 Collection Set - Fiction - Paperback

Titles in This Set:

• The Long Earth
• The Long War
• The Long Mars
• The Long Utopia
• The Long Cosmos

Description:

The Long Earth
1917: the Western Front. Private Percy Blakeney wakes up on fresh spring grass, hearing birdsong and the wind in the trees. Where has the mud, blood, and blasted landscape of No Man's Land gone?

2015: Madison, Wisconsin. Cop Monica Jansson explores the burned-out home of a reclusive scientist when she finds a curious gadget—a box with wiring, a three-way switch, and a potato. This is the prototype of an invention that will forever change mankind's view of the world.

The Long War
A generation after The Long Earth, mankind spreads across new worlds opened by Stepping. Where Joshua and Lobsang once pioneered, fleets of airships now link the stepwise Americas with trade and culture. Mankind shapes the Long Earth, but the Long Earth shapes mankind in return. A new 'America', Valhalla, emerges over a million steps from Datum Earth, growing restless under Datum government control. Meanwhile, the trolls, graceful hive-mind humanoids, react to humanity’s exploitation. Joshua, now married, is summoned by Lobsang to confront a crisis threatening to plunge the Long Earth into unprecedented war.

The Long Mars
2040-2045: After a cataclysmic eruption, populations flee to myriad Long Earth worlds. Sally, Joshua, and Lobsang are involved in this perilous work when Sally is contacted by her long-vanished father, Willis Linsay, who plans a fantastic voyage across the Long Mars. But he is not what he seems. Joshua faces a crisis closer to home, embroiled in the plight of the Next—super-bright post-humans emerging from their 'long childhood'. Ignorance and fear cause normal society to turn against the Next, leading to an inevitable showdown.

The Long Utopia
2045-2059: After the upheavals of Step Day and the Yellowstone eruption, humanity spreads further into the Long Earth. Lobsang, now an elderly AI, lives in disguise with Agnes in New Springfield, convinced they lead a normal life. However, strange sightings and hauntings suggest something is amiss. Meanwhile, Joshua embarks on a personal journey to learn about his father and secret family history, only to receive a summons from Lobsang, who realizes a threat looms over all worlds of the Long Earth.

The Long Cosmos
2070-71: Nearly six decades after Step Day, the Next post-human society evolves. For Joshua Valienté, now in his late sixties, it’s time for one last solo journey into the High Meggers, which turns disastrous. Alone and facing death, his salvation lies with a group of trolls. As Joshua confronts mortality, the Long Earth receives a signal from the stars, picked up by radio astronomers and the trolls, with enormous implications.