Firstborn - Time Odyssey, Bk 3 Author:Arthur C. Clarke, Stephen Baxter High-octane space opera ends with an astounding cliffhanger just as humans have begun to confront the ancient and super-powerful Firstborn, who attack any species that might become a rival. Having barely survived a Firstborn-created solar flare, Earth now must cope with a meteor bomb approaching from deep space. Tensions rise between secretive, ... more »paranoid forces on Earth and equally suspicious groups among the Spacers, whose identification with humanity's home is waning. Meanwhile, in a pocket universe created by the Firstborn for some inscrutable purpose, slices from different Terran eons nervously adjust to each other.« less
In the concluding volume of the trilogy events are nicely wrapped up, if a little less gracefully than expected. Once again Bisesa Dutt provides a clue to avert impending disaster as she returns to Mir.