The Long Mars

<p><strong>'Imaginative, sense-of-wonder at its best . . . thrilling stuff from the masters' <em>Independent on Sunday</em></strong><br /><br /><strong>2040-2045: </strong>In the years after a cataclysmic eruption there is massive economic dislocation as populations flee to myriad Long Earth worlds. <br /><br /><strong>Sally</strong>, <strong>Joshua</strong>, and <strong>Lobsang </strong>are all involved in this perilous work when, out of the blue, Sally is contacted by her long-vanished father and inventor of the original Stepper device, <strong>Willis Linsay</strong>. He tells her he is planning a fantastic voyage across the Long Mars and wants her to accompany him. But he is not what he seems.<br /><br />For Joshua, the crisis he faces is much closer to home. He becomes embroiled in the plight of the Next: the super-bright post-humans who are beginning to emerge from their 'long childhood' in a hidden community located deep in the Long Earth. Ignorance and fear are causing 'normal' human society to turn against the Next - and a dramatic showdown seems inevitable . . .<br />___________________<br /><br /><strong><em>The Long Mars </em>is the third in <em>The Long Earth</em> series. </strong></p>