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Flood

Flood

Flood
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Flood Hardback - 2009

by Baxter, Stephen

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Roc Hardcover. Very Good. With dust jacket. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.
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  • Title Flood
  • Author Baxter, Stephen
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition Book Club Editio
  • Condition Used - Very good
  • Pages 490
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Roc Hardcover, New York
  • Publication date 2009-05-05
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 0451462718-11-6-29
  • ISBN 9780451462718 / 0451462718
  • Weight 1.54 lbs (0.70 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.3 x 5.96 x 1.54 in (23.62 x 15.14 x 3.91 cm)
  • Age range 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Category Fiction - Science Fiction
  • Library of Congress subjects Climatic changes, Floods
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2008054289
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC
  • Quantity available 1

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Summary

The "deeply scary"(BBC Focus) new novel from a national bestselling and critically acclaimed author. View our feature on Stephen Baxter’s Flood. Four hostages are rescued from a group of religious extremists in Barcelona. After five years of being held captive together, they make a vow to always watch out for one another. But they never expected this… The world they have returned to has been transformed by water—and the water is rising. As it continues to flow from the earth’s mantle, entire countries disappear. High ground becomes a precious commodity. And finally, the dreadful truth is revealed: before fifty years have passed, there will be nowhere left to run...

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From the publisher

The "deeply scary"("BBC Focus") new novel from a national bestselling and critically acclaimed author.
Four hostages are rescued from a group of religious extremists in Barcelona. After five years of being held captive together, they make a vow to always watch out for one another. But they never expected this...
The world they have returned to has been transformed by water-and the water is rising. As it continues to flow from the earth's mantle, entire countries disappear. High ground becomes a precious commodity. And finally, the dreadful truth is revealed: before fifty years have passed, there will be nowhere left to run...

Media reviews

"A largely old-fashioned disaster tale presented with spectacle and efficient pacing."
-Locus

"A gripping near-future allegory of global warming."
-BBC Focus

"Bold, compassionate, exhilarating, wrenching stuff."
-Niall Harrison, Internet Review of Science Fiction

About the author

Stephen Baxter was born in Liverpool, England, in 1957. He holds degrees in mathematics, from Cambridge University; engineering, from Southampton University; and business administration, from Henley Management College. He's a Chartered Engineer and Fellow of the British Interplanetary Society.

His first professionally published short story appeared in 1987. He has been a full-time author since 1995 and is currently Vice-President of the British Science Fiction Association.

His science fiction novels have been published in the UK, the US, and in many other countries including Germany, Japan, France. His books have won several awards including the Philip K Dick Award, the John Campbell Memorial Award, the British Science Fiction Association Award, the Kurd Lasswitz Award (Germany) and the Seiun Award (Japan) and have been nominated for several others, including the Arthur C Clarke Award, the Hugo Award and Locus awards. He has also published over 100 sf short stories, several of which have won prizes. He can be found at stephen-baxter.com.

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