The Long Mars: A Novel Audiobook (Free)

The 3rd novel in Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter’s “Long Earth” series, which Io9 calls “an excellent science fiction collaboration.”

2040-2045: In the years following the cataclysmic Yellowstone eruption there is massive economic dislocation as populations flee Datum Globe to myriad Long Earth worlds. Sally, Joshua, and Lobsang are all involved with this perilous recovery work when, out of the blue, Sally is normally contacted by her long-vanished dad and inventor of the original Stepper device, Willis about The Long Mars: A Book Linsay. He tells her he’s planning a great voyage over the Long Mars and desires her to accompany him. But Sally soon learns that Willis comes with an ulterior motive for his request . .

Meanwhile U. S. Navy Commander Maggie Kauffman offers embarked on an incredible trip of her own, leading an expedition to the external limits from the far Long Earth.

For Joshua, the turmoil he faces is much closer to house. He becomes embroiled in the plight of the Next: the super-bright post-humans who are beginning to emerge off their “lengthy childhood” locally called Content Landings, located deep in the Long Earth. Ignorance and fear have caused “regular” human society to turn against another. A dramatic showdown appears inevitable. . . .