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Seveneves
Published 2015 by William Morrow · 861 pages
Hugo · 2016
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5 award entries · 4 books · 1 wins · 1996–2016
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Synopsis
When the moon explodes without warning, scientists calculate that a rain of debris will sterilize Earth's surface within two years. Humanity scrambles to send a handful of survivors into orbit aboard a makeshift space ark. Five thousand years later, their descendants — seven distinct races evolved from seven surviving women — prepare to return to a transformed planet.
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