Publisher: Doubleday
The third book in the Long Earth series which explores the Long Mars. The first two books introduced the concept of stepping between parallel Earths which differ from each other. Some Earths have life and there are some that do not. Our earth known as the datum is the only earth where humans exist.
Pratchett and Baxter develop the idea of infinite parallel words further by introducing the Long Mars, an infinite number of Mars where some have life on them.
I adore the characters, especially Lobsang, a deceased Tibetan monk whose spirit resides in a network of computers, (sometimes referred as the God of the Long Earth). Lobsang's philosophy combined with the ethical issues dealt in the Long Earth series make this Science Fiction series a must read. The only possible negative is the constant switching between characters, which for some readers may be completely alien because there are readers who want to get to know the characters properly before the plot starts to quicken.
My Rating: 4.5 out of 5 Stars
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