The novel “The Arrows of Time” by Greg Egan was published for the first time in 2013. It’s the third book in the Orthogonal trilogy and is the sequel of “The Eternal Flame”.

The generation starship Peerless is traveling through space in search of a technology that can save its crew’s homeworld taking advantage of the fact that on the starship time flows differently than the planet. However, after some generations, some people are not interested in working to save a world they have never even seen.

The many scientific and technological advances have also led to profound social changes, not without problems. When an instrument that allows to communicate with the future is created, the reactions are very different. It’s decided to put its use to vote but there are those who want to prevent that possibility by any means.