Otherlands

Thomas Halliday’s Otherlands takes readers on a grand journey through deep time, reconstructing vanished ecosystems across hundreds of millions of years. Each chapter immerses us in a specific epoch, from the earliest forests to the rise of mammals. Halliday writes with a scientist’s rigor and a storyteller’s imagination, bringing prehistoric worlds to life. The book is both humbling and awe-inspiring, reminding us of the vastness of Earth’s history and the fragility of the present. It’s a work that bridges science and wonder.