Cirrus@Austlit

'The year is 2217 and every intelligence agency on Earth is preparing for the reopening of the portals to Eden.

'Earth's population is nearly five billion, resources are running low and all the major powers are running out of places to store their radioactive waste.

'This could spell the end of Eden as we know it.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'For three years the people of Eden have lived an idyllic life on a pristine planet with easy access to Earth. But the gateway is closing, leaving Eden potentially less perfect; and for the seven billion souls stuck on Earth, no Planet B.

'Woven from a web of intertwined subplots, Eden Unplugged charts the lives of Eden’s heroes and villains and the changes to society of a planet unplugged; a planet set adrift like teenagers who can no longer return home with their dirty laundry for a home cooked meal.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Eden is an escapist fantasy, a commentary on planet Earth's woes and a crime thriller, told from multiple points of view. Doug Winchcombe, brilliant but chronically introverted physicist, discovers a gateway to another planet. A perfect world he names Eden. But a perfect world needs more than one inhabitant.He and his nephew set out to build a viable population as they discover the wonders and secrets of Eden and the pitfalls of building a society from scratch. Poignant, funny, and populated by an international cast of diverse characters, Eden is a planet for everyone.'  (Publication summary)