Isso tem alguns pontos em comum com o romance de história alternativa de 1998, Darwinia , de Robert Charles Wilson.
Pontos correspondentes:
Qual é o livro onde metade da terra é repentinamente transformada em deserto?
Match. In March 1912, in the event some people called the "Miracle," Europe and parts of Asia and Africa, including its inhabitants, disappear suddenly overnight and are replaced with a slice of an alien Earth, a land mass of roughly equal outlines and terrain features,
Acho que finalmente é revelado que o deserto é realmente o futuro.
Corresponder.
By the end of the story, it is revealed to all the characters that it is really now the end of time
De alguma forma, a humanidade se enxugou e a vida surgiu de novo, assumindo novas formas evolutivas e reivindicando a terra.
Partial Match: "but with a strange new flora and fauna which seems to have followed a different path in evolution."
O protagonista se aventura no deserto com algum tipo de expedição e encontra a flora e a fauna alteradas.
Match. Against this background, the book describes the life and the adventures of Guilford Law, a young American photographer. As a 14-year-old boy, Guilford Law witnessed the "Miracle" as shimmering lights moving eerily across the ocean sky. As a grown man, he is determined to travel to the strange continent of Darwinia and explore its mysteries. To that end, he enlists as a photographer in the Finch expedition, which plans to travel up the river that used to be known as the Rhine and penetrate the bizarre new continent's hidden depths as far as possible
Acho que li este livro por volta de 2004
The book is from 1998.
Abaixo está uma foto da capa, se isso ajudar.