Book description
Wormhole technology has revealed that our sun will die in 5,000,000
years. A race of superbeings, the fabulous Xeelee, owners of the
universe, are thought to be responsible. The bizarre and wealthy cult,
the Superet, funds two projects aimed at combatting the force that will
murder the sun.
Stephen Baxter (1957 - )
Born in Liverpool in 1957, Stephen Baxter is the pre-eminent SF writer
of his generation. A published writer since 1987, he is the author of
more than 40 novels and over 100 short stories, and has won the John W.
Campbell Memorial Award, the Philip K. Dick Award twice and the BSFA
Award four times, among many others. He has a degree in mathematics from
Cambridge University and another in engineering from Southampton.
Stephen Baxter lives in Northumberland with his wife.
