{"product_id":"stephen-baxter","title":"stephen baxter","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Formatted\"\u003eStephen Baxter's highly acclaimed first novel and the beginning of his stunning Xeelee Sequence finally enters the SF Masterwork series!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA spaceship from Earth accidentally crossed through a hole in space-time to a universe where the force of gravity is one billion times as strong as the gravity we know. Somehow the crew survived, aided by the fact that they emerged into a cloud of gas surrounding a black hole, which provided a breathable atmosphere.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFive hundred years later, their descendants still struggle for existence, divided into two main groups. The Miners live on the Belt, a ramshackle ring of dwellings orbiting the core of a dead star, which they excavate for raw materials. These can be traded for food from the Raft, a structure built from the wreckage of the ship, on which a small group of scientists preserve the ancient knowledge which makes survival possible.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRees is a Miner whose curiosity about his world makes him stow away on a flying tree - just one of the many strange local lifeforms - carrying trade between the Belt and the Raft. And what he finds will change his world...\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Readers Paradise Book Shop Wexford","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48731206910299,"sku":"","price":7.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0538\/7105\/0923\/files\/38_93253a90-3892-49cd-b9a1-8b98956e80f0.jpg?v=1721910808","url":"https:\/\/readersparadise.ie\/products\/stephen-baxter","provider":"ReadersParadise","version":"1.0","type":"link"}