Terrestrial History

A Novel

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Pub Date Apr 08 2025 | Archive Date Mar 31 2025

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Description

A family saga following four generations on a time-bending journey from coastal Scotland to a colony on Mars.

Hannah is a fusion scientist working in a cottage off the coast of Scotland when she’s approached by a visitor from the future, a young man from a human settlement on Mars, traveling backward through time to intervene in the fate of a warming planet.

Roban lives in the Colony, a sterile outpost of civilization, where he longs for the wonders of a home planet he never knew. Between Hannah and Roban, two generations, a father and a daughter, face down an uncertain future. Andrew believes there is still time for the human spirit to triumph. For his rationalist daughter Kenzie, such idealism is not enough to keep the rising floods at bay, so she signs on to work for a company that would abandon Earth for the promise of a world beyond.

In exploring the question “What if you could come back to the past and somehow change it with technology?” Joe Mungo Reed has written an immersive story of hope, hubris, and sacrifice in the face of a frighteningly precarious present.

About the Author: Joe Mungo Reed is the author of the novels Hammer and We Begin Our Ascent. He teaches creative writing at the University of Cambridge.

A family saga following four generations on a time-bending journey from coastal Scotland to a colony on Mars.

Hannah is a fusion scientist working in a cottage off the coast of Scotland when she’s...


Advance Praise

"Science Fiction, lyrical lament, generational fissures, apocalyptic reality… this is a novel that strikes all the notes. Terrestrial History is smart, engrossing, devastating, and brought to an impeccable finish." -Joy Williams, author of Harrow and The Visiting Privilege

"Science Fiction, lyrical lament, generational fissures, apocalyptic reality… this is a novel that strikes all the notes. Terrestrial History is smart, engrossing, devastating, and brought to an...


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EDITION Hardcover
ISBN 9781324079378
PRICE $29.99 (USD)
PAGES 272

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