Terranova: The Black Petaltail

by Martin Lewis

Having experienced a series of scientific breakthroughs, Earth in the 2030s is finally coming to grips with its environmental crisis. Nowhere is the new techno-environmental sensibility more pronounced than Northern California, where Silicon Valley has been transformed into a densely populated, pedestrian-oriented city flanked by a radically restored wilderness. But are the denizens of this sophisticated society ready for the metaphysical shock generated by the discovery of another world, one similar to pre-industrial Earth yet in odd ways more highly advanced? How will they contend with a planet whose inhabitants they can reach out across time-space to see and hear, but who remain unaware of their existence? A science fiction adventure with elements of romance, Terranova is equally a metaphysical novel. Its overriding question What would it mean for our conception of the cosmos if we were to find another planet much like Earth?

424 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2009