Evolution's Shore Author:Ian McDonald The change begins in 2002, when Saturn's moon Iapetus is mysteriously darkened by an unknown substance. Not long after, its neighbor Hyperion disappears. But it is not until 2003, when a meteor shower leaves a "biological package" on Mt. Kilimanjaro, that the people of the Earth realize that their world has been invaded ... by the Chaga. Actu... more »ally a minature alien ecosystem, the Chaga spreads at a rate of fifty meters a day, breaking down all plastics and hydrocarbons in its path. Nothing seems to be able to stop it. SkyNet on-line reporter Gaby McAslan, who sees the Chaga invasion as the story of a lifetime, finds her investigation thwarted by the United Nations ExoCartography and Taxonomy Administration. Yet, despite this,she begins to uncover the frightening truth about the alien growth. It is not just infesting the land. There are people for whom the phrase "first contact" suddenly has far too much meaning. But even as Gaby struggles to come to terms with this astonishing discovery, the Chaga launches the next phase of its own agenda with the reappearance of Hyperion - a Hyperion transformed into disc shape and headed straight for Earth!« less