Earthworld is a thing of the past. Welcome to the future.
After the collapse of life on Earth as it once was known, 600 people are selected for passage on Shipworld, a spacecraft charting a 360-year voyage to a new planet. Their mission will see generation after generation born, living and dying on board – until one day their descendants finally step foot on the ‘Super Earth’ that might offer the last chance for humankind’s survival.
But life aboard Shipworld is far from a waiting game. The spacecraft promises a world of its own, a harmonious system where class and commerce might fall away to make way for the future of civilisation. And with each new wave of passengers comes its own challenges – from creeping doubts about the nature of their reality, to outbreaks of disease that could eradicate their population, to rebels who threaten the unity of the mission and all they’ve been living for.
An intergenerational epic populated by pioneers and chroniclers, enemies and friends, leaders and legends, Here and Beyond is an intricate and imaginative exploration of the arc of human evolution and endeavour.
