![]() ![]() The New World is discovered by the Chinese, who rapidly settle the west coast, while an Islamic fleet lands at the mouth of the Mississippi. India, caught between superpowers, struggles to maintain its independence until, fueled by a scientific renaissance, its forces besiege and conquer the great city that in our world would be called Constantinople. With Europeans now no more than a historical curiosity, the empires of China and Islam spread rapidly across the world. It's the 14th century, and the Black Death has swept through Europe, killing not 30% or 40% of the population but 99%. Having revolutionized the novel of planetary exploration with his Nebula- and Hugo-winning Mars trilogy ( Red Mars, etc.), Robinson is attempting to do the same to another genre with this highly realistic and credible alternate history. ![]()
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