"Insightful, hopeful and endlessly fascinating, Marshall's latest non-fiction masterpiece sets out the possibilities and pitfalls that lie ahead." -- Daily Express "Written with insight and great wit, this is an essential take on power, politics and the future of humanity from the UK's most popular writer on geopolitics." -- Daily Telegraph "Thought-provoking. Marshall's assessments intrigue, and he provides valuable insight into an overlooked aspect of space exploration." -- Publisher's Weekly "Compelling . Marshall demonstrates a refreshing understanding of the new space age - one in which humanity will go into space and stay there . His book is an important contribution to the growing work of space-power . readable, intelligent and forward-leaning.

It provides a practical vision of our necessary future in space, and I recommend it." -- Brandon J. Weichert, Times Literary Supplement "Tim Marshall boldly goes where no geopolitical thinker has gone before." -- Business Post "Lead[s] the reader on a voyage of galactic discovery." -- The Mail on Sunday "Marshall is an engaging writer, good at explaining the science as well as the politics, and with an eye for a telling fact." -- New Statesman "[An] engaging exploration of power politics in space." -- Irish Independent "A superb survey of planetary politics' Bryan Appleyard." -- The Sunday Times "Tought provoking and worrying in equal measures.

" -- Popular Science "[Tim's] prose is brisk in pace and refreshingly crystalline in its clarity, affording a highly readable lesson in historical geopolitics . deeply thought-provoking." -- BBC Sky at Night "A prophetic vision of what the geopolitics of space could look like over the next 50 years." -- ClimateWithBrian.com.