Earth has been ravaged by galactic disaster—but the real devastation is yet to come.
The end draws nigh …
The year is 2053, and Earth has barely recovered from the Alpha Centauri supernova that destroyed much of the planet's infrastructure. Now the supernova's residual effect—a storm of high-energy particles—is racing toward it, and an international effort has been launched out of the Sky City space colony to save the planet. But the controversial plan to build a giant protective shield is falling dangerously behind schedule. A series of unexplained murders has disrupted the Sky City workforce, so much so that a brilliant but monstrous criminal has been enlisted to track down the Sky City killer.
Then more startling news arises. Evidence indicates that the supernova was deliberately engineered and that the lethal particle storm will arrive sooner than anyone expected. But who—or what—tried to destroy the earth? And will the answer come in time to save it from its final apocalypse?
Audiobook details
GenreScience Fiction, Action and Adventure
Length16 hrs 36 mins
Narrated byGary Dikeos
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateMar 1, 2013
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Chapter 1
23Chapter 23
2Chapter 2
24Chapter 24
3Chapter 3
25Chapter 25
4Chapter 4
26Chapter 26
5Chapter 5
27Chapter 27
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6Chapter 6
28Chapter 28
7Chapter 7
29Chapter 29
8Chapter 8
30Chapter 30
9Chapter 9
31Chapter 31
10Chapter 10
32Chapter 32
11Chapter 11
33Chapter 33
12Chapter 12
34Chapter 34
13Chapter 13
35Chapter 35
14Chapter 14
36Chapter 36
15Chapter 15
37Chapter 37
16Chapter 16
38Chapter 38
17Chapter 17
39Chapter 39
18Chapter 18
40Chapter 40
19Chapter 19
41Chapter 41
20Chapter 20
42Chapter 42
21Chapter 21
43Chapter 43
22Chapter 22
44Chapter 44
About the author
Charles Sheffield
Charles Sheffield (1935–2002) was a mathematician, physicist,
and author of both nonfiction and science fiction. For his novel Brother to Dragons, he won the 1992
John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel. He won the
Nebula Award in 1993 and the Hugo Award in 1994 for his novelette Georgia on My Mind. He was a president
of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America and of the American Astronautical
Society. He served as chief scientist of Earth Satellite Corporation, a company
that processed remote sensing satellite data. He was a distinguished lecturer
of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and a board member of
the National Space Society. Born and educated in England, he held bachelor’s
and master’s degrees in mathematics and a doctorate in theoretical physics.View all by Charles Sheffield
