Notes
When the Blue Shift Comes, a standalone novel, started by Robert Silverberg and completed by Alvaro Zinos-Amaro.

Originally started by Robert Silverberg but never completed, Alvaro Zinos-Amaro was provided notes and guidance to finish the book.

Published in November 2012 but copyright date given as 2013.

The image opposite and the blurb below are from the 2014 Gollancz/ Orion paperback edition, ISBN 9780575131873. Cover illustration by Chris Moore.

Publisher's Blurb – Lower Cover
In the last days of the Earth, one man believes he can change the world . . .

In a time so far from our own that we cannot comprehend it, humanity has spread among the stars and changed in more ways than we can count. But they have never forgotten their birthplace.

And now Earth stands on the brink of catastrophe, at risk of being swallowed by a black hole. One man, Hanosz Prime, ruler of his world, is determined to visit Earth before it is destroyed.

His abdication from his throne and his wanderlust are to prove the beginning of a much longer journey – one that will see him fall in love, meet the Oracles of Earth and perhaps, if he is very lucky, provide a means to save the cradle of humanity.

Originally started by Robert Silverberg more than twenty years ago but never completed, Hanosz's story is taken up by Alvaro Zinos-Amaro. The result is a remarkable collaboration between one of the masters of SF and one of the most exciting new voices in the genre.