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Into the Storm by Anderson Taylor

All seems lost! Following the disastrous defeat the USS Walker, a antique “four-stacker” destroyer left over from World War I and pressed into service once again, seeks refuge in a squall hoping the confusion from the storm will hide it from the pursuing Japanese armada. It does, but in a way that seems impossible.

On the other side of the squall is a world, that is familiar and yet so strange. The ocean teems with voracious piranha-like fish and gigantic sea monsters, there are dinosaurs in what should be Bali, and instead of people the crew of the Walker encounters ships full of talking “monkey-cats”.

What is the strange new world? Where is this strange new world? Who are these strange creatures and why are they so frightened of something called the Grik?

Endless Worlds, Endless Possibilities: The Long Earth by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter

Imagine the possibility of another world, in fact, imagine thousands of them stretching out in a line beyond the horizon. Millions upon millions of Earths just a step away, all it takes is a wooden box, a few bits of electrical components, a three-way switch, and…a potato. Thousands of empty worlds empty of sentient life (human or otherwise), or so everyone thought. But just because you can’t see it, doesn’t mean that there isn’t something there and because you come in peace does not mean whatever’s out there is happy to see you.