Ring

Description:

Michael Poole's wormholes constructed in the orbit of Jupiter had opened the galaxy to humankind. Then Poole tried looping a wormhole back on itself, tying a knot in space and ripping a hole in time. It worked too well. Poole was never seen again. Then from far in the future, from a time so distant that the stars were dying embers, came an urgent SOS--and a promise.

Selected Reviews:

"...the Xeelee Sequence and 'Ring' are cosmic-perspective science fiction of originality, high quality and great interest. They suggest that Baxter will be one of the major science-fiction writers of the turn of the century."

--Philip E. Smith, New York Review of Science Fiction