About the Book
BSFA Award nominee 2010.
In FLOOD Baxter drowned the world, in ARK he shows that mankinds future is no less perilous.
As the waters rose in FLOOD, high in the Colorado mountains the US
government was building an ark. Not an ark to ride the waves but an ark
that would take a select few thousand people out into space to start a
new future for mankind. Sent out into deep space on a journey lasting
centuries, generations of crew members carry the hope of a new
beginning on a new, incredibly distant, planet.
But as the
ages pass knowledge and purpose is lost and division and madness grows.
And back on earth life, and man, find a new way. This is the epic
sequel to the acclaimed FLOOD; a stirring tale of what mankind will do
to survive and the perfect introduction for new readers to one of SF's
greatest tropes; the generation ship.
Written by one of the
most significant SF writers of the last 30 years, a man considered to
be the heir of Arthur C. Clarke as a writer with a unique ability to
popularize science and science fiction for the largest possible
audience FLOOD and ARK together form a landmark in modern SF.
