It is set to build on the massive success of PROXIMA and define Stephen Baxter's work going forward. This is grand scale, big idea SF of the best possible sort. It's time for us to fight to take back control. But as we learn the true nature of the universe we also discover that we have countless pasts all meeting in this present and that our future is terrifyingly finite. When I first read that the book would entail ancient Romans with no computer technology conquering space, I braced myself for the worst, because I hate steampunk. This is a supremely satisfying sequel to Proxima, and went in amazing, unexpected directions. And we discover that there are minds in the universe that are billions of years old and they have a plan for us. Stephen Baxter hits one out of the ballpark again. Now in ULTIMA the consequences of this new freedom make themselves felt. In PROXIMA we discovered ancient alien artifacts on the planet of Per Ardua - hatches that allowed us to step across light years of space as if we were stepping into another room. Fresh from his latest collaboration with Terry Pratchett on the Long Earth sequence Stephen Baxter now returns to the mysteries and challanges first hinted at in his acclaimed novel PROXIMA.
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