pThe third novel in Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter's Long Earth series, which emIo9em calls a brilliant science fiction collaboration.pp2040-2045 In the years after the cataclysmic Yellowstone eruption there is massive economic dislocation as populations flee Datum Earth to myriad Long Earth worlds. Sally, Joshua, and Lobsang are all involved in this perilous rescue work when, out of the blue, Sally is contacted by her long-vanished father and inventor of the original Stepper device, Willis Linsay. He tells her he is planning a fantastic voyage across the Long Mars and wants her to accompany him. But Sally soon learns that Willis has an ulterior motive for his request. . . .ppMeanwhile U. S. Navy Commander Maggie Kauffman has embarked on an incredible journey of her own, leading an expedition to the outer limits of the far Long Earth.ppFor 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 beginnin