The Quiet War

<p>Twenty-third century Earth has been ravaged by climate change, and is now dominated by a few powerful families, with millions of people in prison and millions more labouring to rebuild ruined ecosystems.<br><br>Meanwhile on Jupiter and Saturn, live the Outers. They have built a wild variety of scientific utopias crammed with exuberant creations of the genetic arts. Now they want to colonise Earth and drive human evolution in a new direction.<br><br>On Earth, some want to launch a pre-emptive strike against the Outers while others wish to exploit the talents of the gene wizards.<br><br>It is clear that the fragile detente between the two branches of humanity is breaking down and they may be heading towards war . . .</p>