The release date for the English version of 'The Years of Rice and Salt' by
Kim Stanley Robinson is Jun 2003. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
The arrival of the Black Death, one of the most catastrophic occurrences in human history, is anticipated in the fourteenth century. A third of Europe's population was wiped off, according to history. Well, what if? What if, instead, 99 percent of people were killed by the plague? In what ways would the world have evolved? This is an examination of the history that could have been: a history spanning centuries, a history of dynasties and countries rising and falling, a history of terrible starvation and amazing invention. These are the salt and rice years.