The Sequel to Time's Eye returns us to the world of 2037 from which UN Observer Biesa Dutt had been snatched for the Riverworld like experiments of the powerful beings who think of themselves as "The Firstborn". And she's back just in time for the sun to flare up with more than enough violence to wipe all life off the Earth. Act of god? Knowing Baxter and Clarke, that's unlikely. It's a better bet that this is an act of war on a cosmic scale, both in time and space. But how do you defend yourself from a sunstorm? Who better to ask than a pair of Englishmen? For as we all know: "Only mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the noonday sun." (Indian Proverb)

(Source: Del Rey)