The astounding new novel from the master of science fiction.What would happen if
the world were ending?When a catastrophic event renders the earth a ticking tim
e bomb, it triggers a feverish race against the inevitable. An ambitious plan is
devised to ensure the survival of humanity far beyond our atmosphere. But unfor
eseen dangers threaten the intrepid pioneers, until only a handful of survivors
remain...Five thousand years later, their progeny - seven distinct races now thr
ee 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 daz
zling genius and imaginative vision, Neal Stephenson combines science, philosoph
y, technology, psychology, and literature in a magnificent work of speculative f
iction that offers a portrait of a future that is at once extraordinary and eeri
ly recognizable.
He explores some of our biggest ideas and perplexing challen
ges in a breathtaking saga that is daring, engrossing, and altogether brilliant.
