The Heavens Av Sandra Newman

<p><b>''What a wonderful, strange, terrifying, brilliant novel this is'' Kamila Shamsie</b><br><br><b>AS THE WORLD BURNS, ONLY A DREAMER CAN SAVE IT...</b><br><br><i>New York, 2000. </i><br>The United Nations has just planted its flag on Mars, and a Green Party senator is about to become the first female president of the United States. At a party in the almost-Utopian world, Kate and Ben fall in love. <br><br><i>London, 1593. </i><br>Kate wakes as Emilia, mistress to a nobleman and friend to a lowly court poet called Will. Afflicted by apocalyptic premonitions, she sets out to save the world. <br>Each decision she makes as Emilia will change Kate''s life with Ben forever. <br><br><b>''Bewitchingly complex... Astonishing'' Sarah Perry, author of <i>The Essex Serpent</i></b><br><br><b>''An electrifying novel of love, creativity and madness... Playful, tender and heart breaking'' <i>Guardian </i></b><br><br><b>''Elegiac and genuinely, unbelievably moving... By the time I got to the end of it, I wanted to go back and read the beginning... You''ve got to read this book'' Helen Lewis, BBC Radio 4 Saturday Review</b></p>