false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255656200m/1054142.jpg 1054142 6 The Firstborn&#8211;the mysterious race of aliens who first became known to science fiction fans as the builders of the iconic black monolith in 2001: A Space Odyssey<i>&#8211;</i>have inhabited legendary master of science fiction Sir Arthur C. Clarke&#8217;s writing for decades. With Time&#8217;s Eye and Sunstorm, the first two books in their acclaimed Time Odyssey series, Clarke and his brilliant co-author Stephen Baxter imagined a near-future in which the Firstborn seek to stop the advance of human civilization by employing a technology indistinguishable from magic.<br><br>Their first act was the Discontinuity, in which Earth was carved into sections from different eras of history, restitched into a patchwork world, and renamed Mir. Mir&#8217;s inhabitants included such notables as Alexander the Great, Genghis Khan, and United Nations peacekeeper Bisesa Dutt. For reasons unknown to her, Bisesa entered into communication with an alien artifact of inscrutable purpose and godlike power&#8211;a power that eventually returned her to Earth. There, she played an instrumental role in humanity&#8217;s race against time to stop a doomsday event: a massive solar storm triggered by the alien Firstborn designed to eradicate all life from the planet. That fate was averted at an inconceivable price. Now, twenty-seven years later, the Firstborn are back.<br><br>This time, they are pulling no punches: They have sent a &#8220;quantum bomb.&#8221; Speeding toward Earth, it is a device that human scientists can barely comprehend, that cannot be stopped or destroyed&#8211;and one that will obliterate Earth.<br><br>Bisesa&#8217;s desperate quest for answers sends her first to Mars and then to Mir, which is itself threatened with extinction. The end seems inevitable. But as shocking new insights emerge into the nature of the Firstborn and their chilling plans for mankind, an unexpected ally appears from light-years away. 3209871 book 26 12 2007 Firstborn total:167|5:34|4:53|3:56|2:21|1:3| 167 595 267 20 1054142 0345491572 9780345491572 160 19 3.56 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255656200m/1054142.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1054142.Firstborn 1 0 false Sat Jul 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 04:27:15 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 18 22:24:20 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1054142 0345491572 9780345491572 160 19 3.56 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255656200m/1054142.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1054142.Firstborn 3 0 false Wed Jun 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 02 14:27:35 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 14:01:31 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1054142 0345491572 9780345491572 160 19 3.56 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255656200m/1054142.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1054142.Firstborn 4 0 false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jun 20 08:01:57 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 20 08:08:41 -0700 2009 1054142 0345491572 9780345491572 160 19 3.56 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255656200m/1054142.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1054142.Firstborn 4 0 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jul 12 11:06:38 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 11:09:54 -0700 2009 1054142 0345491572 9780345491572 160 19 3.56 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255656200m/1054142.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1054142.Firstborn 0 0 false Mon Jan 19 18:35:53 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 19 18:35:53 -0800 2009 1054142 0345491572 9780345491572 160 19 3.56 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255656200m/1054142.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1054142.Firstborn 4 0 false Sat Nov 29 13:24:06 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 29 13:24:56 -0800 2008 1054142 0345491572 9780345491572 160 19 3.56 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255656200m/1054142.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1054142.Firstborn 3 0 false Thu Mar 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 12 12:04:44 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 12 12:06:50 -0700 2009 1054142 0345491572 9780345491572 160 19 3.56 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255656200m/1054142.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1054142.Firstborn 3 0 false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 14:51:11 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 14:51:44 -0700 2009 1054142 0345491572 9780345491572 160 19 3.56 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255656200m/1054142.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1054142.Firstborn 3 0 false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jan 11 06:45:04 -0800 2008 Tue Aug 26 13:28:12 -0700 2008
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