Eternity (Eon Series #2)

by Greg Bear

Overview

The New York Times–bestselling author of Eon continues the interstellar saga of the Way.
 
A devastating war has left Earth a nuclear wasteland. Orbiting the planet is the asteroid-starship containing the civilization of Thistledown, humanity’s future descendants. For decades, they have worked to heal their world and its survivors, but their resources are finite. They need to reopen the Way.
 
An interdimensional gateway to a multiverse of realities, the Way was severed from Thistledown to stop an alien invasion and now exists as its own universe. Reopening the gate would not only benefit Earth but would also help the asteroid’s residents return home.
 
But on the alternate world of Gaia, Rhita Vaskayza, daughter of mathematician Patricia Vasquez, has taken up her mother’s cause to find her own Earth, one that was never touched by nuclear war. There is a gateway on Gaia that could lead Rhita there—or unleash an even greater apocalypse across the multiverse . . .
 
“Whether he’s tinkering with human genetic material or prying apart planets, Bear goes about the task with intelligence and a powerful imagination. Eternity offers many delights” (Locus).
 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780765380470
Publisher:	Tom Doherty Associates
Publication date:	10/27/2015
Series:	Eon Series , #2
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	400
Sales rank:	303,762
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Greg Bear, author of more than twenty-five books that have been translated into seventeen languages, has won science fiction’s highest honors and is considered the natural heir to Arthur C. Clarke. The recipient of two Hugos and four Nebulas for his fiction, he has been called “the best working writer of hard science fiction” by The Science Fiction Encyclopedia. Many of his novels, such as Darwin’s Radio, are considered to be this generations’ classics.
 
Bear is married to Astrid Anderson, daughter of science fiction great Poul Anderson, and they are the parents of two children, Erik and Alexandria. His recent thriller novel, Quantico, was published in 2007 and the sequel, Mariposa, followed in 2009. He has since published a new, epic science fiction novel, City at the End of Time and a generation starship novel, Hull Zero Three.

Editorial Reviews

Hard science and human interest intersect ingeniously in the prequel to Bea's Eon and Eternity....This is a stunning SF novel that extrapolates a scientifically complex future from the basic stuff of human nature.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review, on Legacy

“Whether he's tinkering with human genetic material or prying apart planets, Bear goes about the task with intelligence and a powerful imagination.” —Locus on Greg Bear

“A cohesive and original vision of the future. Bear has combined a lively set of characters, colorful writing and gripping psychological-technological fabrications into a very seductive read.” —People Magazine on Queen of Angels

“Bear takes a profound and unusual approach to hard SF.” —Los Angeles Times on Greg Bear

“Bear is one of our very best.” —New York Daily News on Greg Bear

“If anyone is the complete master of the grand scale SF novel, it's Bear.” —Booklist on Greg Bear

“Bear, who's won two Hugos and four Nebulas, should rack up nominations if not wins for this one as well.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review, on Slant

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