The Long War (Long Earth #2) (US Ed.)

War has come to the Long Earth. . . .Humankind has spread across the new worlds opened by explorers Joshua and Lobsang a mere decade ago. Now “civilization” flourishes, and airships link the multiple Earths. A new America christening itself “Valhalla” has emerged more than a million steps from the original Datum Earth. Like the American revolutionaries of old, the Valhallans resent being controlled from afar. And in the wake of humankind’s ad­vance, the trolls–graceful, hive-mind humanoids whose song has suffused the Long Earth–are beginning to fall silent . . . and disappear. Joshua, now married and a father, is summoned by Lobsang. It seems he alone can confront the perfect storm of crises that could plunge all of the Long Earth into war–a war unlike any that has come before.

Author Biography

Terry Pratchett (1948-2015) is the acclaimed creator of the globally revered Discworld series. In all, he authored more than fifty bestselling books, which have sold more than one hundred million copies worldwide. His novels have been widely adapted for stage and screen, and he was the winner of multiple prizes, including the Carnegie Medal. He was awarded a knighthood by Queen Elizabeth II for his services to literature in 2009, although he always wryly maintained that his greatest service to literature was to avoid writing any.