From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of ANATHEM, REAMDE, and
CRYPTONOMICON comes an exciting and thought-provoking science fiction epic—a grand
story of annihilation and survival spanning five thousand years.
What would happen if the world were ending?
A catastrophic event renders the earth a ticking time bomb. In a feverish race against the
inevitable, nations around the globe band together to devise an ambitious plan to ensure
the survival of humanity far beyond our atmosphere, in outer space.
But the complexities and unpredictability of human nature coupled with unforeseen
challenges and dangers threaten the intrepid pioneers, until only a handful of survivors
remain . . .
Five thousand years later, their progeny—seven distinct races now three billion strong—
embark on yet another audacious journey into the unknown . . . to an alien world utterly
transformed by cataclysm and time: Earth.
A writer of dazzling genius and imaginative vision, Neal Stephenson combines science,
philosophy, technology, psychology, and literature in a magnificent work of speculative
fiction that offers a portrait of a future that is both extraordinary and eerily recognizable.
As he did in ANATHEM, CRYPTONOMICON, the Baroque Cycle, and REAMDE, Stephenson
explores some of our biggest ideas and perplexing challenges in a breathtaking saga that
is daring, engrossing, and altogether brilliant.
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