If Tomorrow Comes: Book 2 of the Yesterday's Kin Trilogy

by Nancy Kress Narrated by Marguerite Gavin

Overview

Ten years after the aliens left Earth, humanity has succeeded in building a ship, Friendship, in which to follow them home to Kindred. Aboard are a crew of scientists, diplomats, and a squad of Rangers to protect them. But when the Friendship arrives, they find nothing they expected: no interplanetary culture, no industrial base, and no cure for the spore disease.

A timeslip in the apparently instantaneous travel between worlds has occurred, and far more than ten years have passed.

Once again scientists find themselves in a race against time to save humanity and their kind from a deadly virus while a clock of a different sort runs down on a military solution no less deadly to all. Amid devastation and plague come stories of heroism and sacrifice and of genetic destiny and free choice, with its implicit promise of conscious change.

Editorial Reviews

Publishers Weekly

02/05/2018
An extraterrestrial virus continues to threaten two different human species in this capable sequel to 2017’s Tomorrow’s Kin. Traveling to the alien world of Kindred, Dr. Marianne Jenner hopes to continue the development of a Terran vaccine that will grant immunity to Kindred’s human colonists, who were removed from Earth 140,000 years ago before the first viral outbreak. Unfortunately, the bitter aftermath of the second outbreak on Earth leads to revenge-minded Terrans and scheming scientists and diplomats coming to Kindred. Stranded on the planet, Jenner and her colleagues, watched over by a squad of U.S. Army Rangers with an increasingly suspicious commander, have to manufacture a solution to the oncoming viral cloud that threatens to destroy the settlement. Kress, known for taking on challenging topics, here tackles the notion of pacifists going to war, as those on Kindred gear up to fight for the survival of their peaceful civilization. The vibrant Kindred culture (matrilineal, ecological, communal) and its effect on the visiting Terrans is attractive enough to compel readers past the occasional obvious plot setups. Agent: Eleanor Wood, Spectrum Literary. (Mar.)

From the Publisher

Praise for If Tomorrow Comes

“If Tomorrow Comes combines the struggles to solve material problems with a familiar Kres­sian treatment of encounter . . . along with a sharp eye for the internal politics and procedures .”—Locus

“Offers fans of first-contact fiction a solid, strongly paced story.”—Library Journal

“Fans of the classic science fiction stories by Asimov, Bradbury, and Clarke will find a lot to like in this series.”—SF Revu

“An exciting read.”—Book Loons

“If you haven’t yet started this series . . . I strongly suggest you pick it up!”—Milliebot Reads

Praise for Yesterday's Kin

“Everything readers need for an immersive plunge into a frightening, fascinating and inescapable predicament.” —Seattle Times

“One of the strongest stories of the year to date. . . . A compelling and conflict-driven human story, a clever twist partway through, and an even cleverer twist at the end.” —Gardner Dozois, editor of The Year’s Best Science Fiction series, on Yesterday's Kin

“Kress has proven that she can pack a huge amount of story into a small container.” —Library Journal on Yesterday’s Kin

Praise for Tomorrow's Kin

“Nancy Kress at her very best!”— Greg Bear, New York Times bestselling author, on Tomorrow's Kin

“Tomorrow’s Kin shows Nancy Kress at her masterful peak.” —David Brin, author of Existence

Product Details

BN ID:	2940169695700
Publisher:	Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Publication date:	03/06/2018
Series:	Yesterday's Kin Trilogy , #2
Edition description:	Unabridged

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