Skillfully combining complex scientific theories and beautiful style, Peter Watts explores the ever-changing boundary between the known and the unknown. In his new book, a creepy alien monster tells his story about the true monsters he encountered in Antarctica. A forensic psychiatrist meets a killer who has learned to bend reality, while a hapless father tries to save his family in a world where storm clouds have become conscious. Here, the Earth's ambassador makes first contact with an alien race, but everything happens far from what he expected. Here the story of an alternative theocratic Earth unfolds, where every person knows for certain that God exists, and faith becomes the lot of pagans. And finally, here a team of intergalactic route builders finds the most incredible form of life in the Universe, but will an alien mind be able to survive after such a meeting? This and much more awaits you “On the Other Side of the Rift,” in an unexpected, intriguing book that opens up new facets talent of Peter Watts.