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Stephen baxter is one of the uks most acclaimed writers of science fiction and a multiaward winner. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read flood. And the hope offered for a unlucky few by a second great ark. Jan 14, 2017 baxter rolls up his sleeves and gets stuck in. Human civilisation is almost destroyed by the rising inundation, which covers mount everest in 2052.
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