Children of the Universe

Space and time gave birth to abysses that were never meant to be witnessed. One day, we chose to disobey the universe.

In Children of the Universe, a young BBC screenwriter and an astrophysicist haunted by the secrets of his past pursue the trail of the first black hole ever discovered; a team of scientists ventures to the ends of the Earth in search of the gravitational scars of the Big Bang; and three geniuses of physics uncover a dark prophecy capable of bringing down the pillars of modern cosmology, forcing us to rewrite the ultimate fate of the cosmos.

Based on real discoveries, theories, and historical figures, this book lies somewhere between an essay and a thriller. Moving at a breakneck pace across multiple timelines, it transforms some of the most important astronomical discoveries of the past century into a human story about obsession, the fear of the unknown, and the need to understand our place in the universe.

Because we were never separate from it: we are the heirs to the moment when the universe dared to look upon itself.