About the book: 1997 / A thousand years have passed since the expedition to Jupiter, sent to explore the mysterious Monolith, died after Dave Bowman became Star Child, and Frank Poole was adrift in space, frozen and forgotten. But now, Poole is coming back to life, awakening to a world so different from everything he left behind - and it looks like the Monolith is reactivating... ---------- Here is a translation of the book made by non-professional translator. But, nevertheless, this is the best we have at the moment..