<b>From the flaps of the Avon/Eos first edition:</b> "On an otherwise ordinary day not long from now, inside a massive installation of ultra-high-energy scientific equipment, something goes wrong with a brilliant young physicist's most ambitious experiment. But this is not a calamity. It will soon be seen as one of the most significant breakthroughs in history.
<p>For the explosion has left something behind: a wondrous sphere the size of a basketball, made of nothing known to science. Before long, it will be clear that this object has opened a vista on an entirely different universe - a newborn cosmos whose existence will rock this world and test one woman to the limit as she comes face-to-face with fame and terror. That woman is the physicist who has ignited this thrilling adventure."
| Year | Award | Category | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Locus Poll Award | Best SF Novel | Nominee/Finalist |
| 1999 | Nebula Award | Novel | Nominee/Finalist |
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 |
|
Cosm | The Easton Press | Novel | 1 |
| February 1998 |
|
Cosm | Avon Eos | Novel | 1 |
| April 1998 |
|
Cosm | Orbit | Novel | 1 |
| April 1998 |
|
Cosm | Orbit | Novel | |
| 1999 |
|
La sphère | Presses de la Cité | Novel | |
| February 1999 |
|
Cosm | Avon Eos | Novel | 3 |
| February 1999 |
|
Cosm | Orbit | Novel | |
| May 2000 |
|
Cosm | Heyne | Novel | |1 |
| January 2001 |
|
La sphère | France Loisirs | Novel | |
| September 2011 |
|
Cosm | Gateway / Orion | Novel | |
| June 2012 |
|
La sphère | Presses Pocket | Novel | |
| 2014 |
|
Cosm | Heyne | Novel | |
| May 2014 |
|
Artifact / Cosm / Eater | Gollancz / Orion | Omnibus | 323 |
| May 2014 |
|
Artifact / Cosm / Eater | Gateway / Orion | Omnibus | |2 |