Description
Book SynopsisPetrus van Stijn’s world is besieged by two prime engines of destruction: massive geomagnetic storms caused by unprecedented solar storms – protracted coronal mass ejections (CME), and climate change wreaking unprecedented, but predictable collapse of the Antarctic ice shelves. Petrus has other problems to contend with, like surviving on a floating archipelago of ice, and then walking 2200 kilometers through a post-Apocalyptic world. At the same time, Petrus will discover something of a true social and biological paradise. Herein lies the paradox of a world where one species – ours – is facing extinction, while others – many genetically re-engineered – are enjoying a biodiversity renaissance.
With a Foreword by William Shatner, this provocative, lyrical, deeply philosophical work of fiction explores the ethical limits of science and technology, and the future of all life on earth.
Table of ContentsFOREWORD
Chapter 1
doomsday shelfs
Chapter 2
incoming storms
Chapter 3
the beryllium-10 factor
Chapter 4
absentis diebus quattuor
Chapter 5
a clou within the frozen eyewall
Chapter 6
doomed logistics
Chapter 7
the evacuation attempt
Chapter 8
lone
Chapter 9
salvaging
Chapter 10
the plight of the emperors
Chapter 11
journeying
Chapter 12
as the last continent vanishes
Chapter 13
a floating archipelago
Chapter 14
quantum ecodynamic substrates
Chapter 15
looming equations for lost and found
Chapter 16
gardens in the fog
Chapter 17
the legacy of thomas ralph merton
Chapter 18
petrus discovers wonderland
Chapter 19
in the morning
Chapter 20
2200 kilometers to bruges
Chapter 21
adventure in extremadura
Chapter 22
the french
Chapter 23
affable landscapes
Chapter 24
coming into focus
Chapter 25
going home
Chapter 26
a new life
Chapter 27
rights of passage
Chapter 28
the state of the world, cont.
Chapter 29
a stroll through town
Chapter 30
the castle
Chapter 31
acclimation
Chapter 32
basics
Chapter 33
the codex stefanus
Chapter 34
the emergency beacon
Chapter 35
the science of restraint
Chapter 36
ethical choices and fine wine
Chapter 37
Something not human
Chapter 38
and that night
Chapter 39
that day
Chapter 40
miracles
Chapter 41
town crier
Chapter 42
genes and molecules awry
Chapter 43
the van stijn paradox
Chapter 44
leviathans
Chapter 45
dinner with hans
Chapter 46
the radio
Chapter 47
the search for dulce
Chapter 48
strange memories
Chapter 49
new world
Chapter 50
coda
