NOMINATED FOR THE HUGO, NEBULA, BSFA AND ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARDS

The year is 2312. Scientific and technological advances have opened gateways to an extraordinary future. Earth is no longer humanity's only home; new habitats have been created throughout the solar system on moons, planets and in between. But in this year, 2312, a sequence of events will force humanity to confront its past, its present and its future.

'Intellectually engaged and intensely humane' Iain M. Banks

'Kim Stanley Robinson is one of science fiction's greats . . . fans of the Mars books will delight in this novel; new readers will be astonished by the depth, breadth and power of Robinson's invention' Sunday Times

'Capacious and marvellous future-history' Guardian

'Blends mystery and suspense with lyrical evocation of a complex future' Sunday Telegraph

'A novel of ideas that also sets out to be tremendous fun' Independent