RaftStephen Baxter's highly acclaimed first novel and the beginning of his stunning Xeelee Sequence. A spaceship from Earth accidentally crossed through a hole in space time to a universe where the force of gravity is one billion times as strong as the gravity we know. Somehow the crew survived, aided by the fact that they emerged into a cloud of gas surrounding a black hole, which provided a breathable atmosphere. Five hundred years later, their

she is forced to flee

When the French police make an arrest

youngest daughter of a prosperous merchant

the Boy sifts for the truth of his missing father

where one of the men is drawn again and again

Her only ally in this inhospitable abode is the family's youngest son

have had a great influence on modern European art

Asanka retreats into the shadows

urgent manifesto on never giving up from Booker prize-winning trailblazer

and he is under suspicion of another murder

the Lotus Guild oppresses the populace and the nations Shogun is lost to his thirst for power

Their only hope of salvation lies in distant Britain