Manifold: Origin

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Manifold: Origin
cover to the first edition
Author Stephen Baxter
Cover artist Photonica
Country Great Britain
Language English
Series Manifold
Genre(s) Science fiction novel
Publisher Voyager
Publication date 2001
Media type Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages 441 pp
ISBN ISBN 0-345-43079-4
Preceded by Manifold: Space
Followed by Phase Space

Manifold: Origin is a science fiction book by author Stephen Baxter.

This is the third instalment in Stephen Baxter's Manifold trilogy. It sees Manifold regular Reid Malenfant and others once again dealing with possibilities of primate evolution in all forms and grappling with the Fermi Paradox. This time an artifact in the sky transports a select few individuals including Malenfant's wife to a new red moon which has appeared in place of the moon we know. Blaming himself, Malenfant launches a one man mission to find his wife and solve the Fermi Paradox once and for all.

cover to the US edition
cover to the US edition