The Long War Av Stephen Baxter, Terry Pratchett

<p><b>THE BESTSELLING SEQUEL TO THE PHENOMENAL <i>THE LONG EARTH</i><br><br>''An absorbing collaborative effort from the two giants of SF'' </b><i>Guardian </i><br><br>A generation after the events of <i><b>The Long Earth</b></i>, mankind has spread across the new worlds opened up by Stepping. Where <b>Joshua </b>and <b>Lobsang </b>once pioneered, now fleets of airships link the stepwise Americas with trade and culture.<br><br>Mankind is shaping the Long Earth – but in turn the Long Earth is shaping mankind ... A new ‘America’, called Valhalla, is emerging more than a million steps from Datum Earth, and it is growing restless . . .<br><br>Meanwhile the Long Earth is suffused by the song of the trolls, graceful hive-mind humanoids. But the trolls are beginning to react to humanity’s thoughtless exploitation . . .<br><br><b>And a gathering multiple crisis that threatens to plunge the Long Earth into a war unlike any mankind has waged before.</b><br><b>____________________</b><br><br><i><b>The Long War</b></i> is the second in the <i><b>Long Earth</b></i> series.</p>