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One summer evening the children of some industrial scientists are outside on the lawn while their parents are having a dinner party. They notice that the stars suddenly go out. The adults inside have missed the most significant thing to happen in human history.

The book follows the world's exploration into what has happened and the path followed by the families of the children. It is slowly revealed that something very dangerous is happening to the solar system and the Earth is being protected from some imminent collapse.

The children follow different paths into adult life, all trying to deal with the catastrophe. Some chase scientific research, some join a religious cult, some seek answers through the terraforming of Mars.

Wilson has given us a magnificent story of hard science fiction woven around an exploration of what humanity thinks is fundamentally important when faced with the possibility of total destruction.