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"Three hundred years from now, Earth has been rendered uninhabitable due to the technological catastrophe known as the Nanocaust. Archaeologist Verity Auger specializes in the exploration of its surviving landscape. Now, her expertise is required for a far greater purpose. Something astonishing has been discovered at the far end of a wormhole: mid-twentieth century Earth, preserved like a fly in amber. Somewhere on this alternate planet is a device capable of destroying both worlds at either end of the wormhole. And Verity must find the device, and the man who plans to activate it, before it…

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13 editions · 2 languages
  • Paperback · English · 2020
    Orbit · 592 pages · 9780316462662
  • Paperback · English · 2008
    Gollancz · 544 pages · 9780575082496
  • Paperback · English · 2005
    Century Rain (Gollancz)
    Gollancz · 544 pages · 9780575076914
  • Other · English · 2020
    Orbit · 9780316462686
  • Other · English · 2009
    Orion Publishing Group, Limited · 9780575087682
  • Other · English · 2009
    Orion Publishing Group, Limited · 9781409110514
FictionWomen archaeologistsTime travelDetective and mystery storiesFiction, science fiction, generalEnglish literature