1916: the Western Front. Private Percy Blakeney wakes up. He is lying on fresh spring grass. He can hear birdsong, and the wind in the leaves in the trees. Where has the mud, blood and blasted landscape of No Man's Land gone? 2015: Madison, Wisconsin. Cop Monica Jansson is exploring the burned-out home of a reclusive (some said mad, others dangerous) scientist when she finds a curious gadget - a box containing some wiring, a three-way switch and a...potato. It is the prototype of an invention that will change the way Mankind views his world for ever. And that is an understatement if ever there was one...
La Lunga Terra Serie
Intraprendete un vasto viaggio attraverso le dimensioni mentre l'umanità scopre il segreto per accedere a mondi paralleli. Questa saga di fantascienza esplora le profonde implicazioni dell'esplorazione infinita e della vastità del multiverso. Affrontando immense sfide fisiche e domande esistenziali, i personaggi lottano con il loro posto in una realtà in continua espansione. Preparatevi per un'avventura epica che mette alla prova i limiti dell'ingegno e dello spirito di scoperta.
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