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Eon

Greg Bear

1985480 pagesabout 7–11 hours
1985
first published
  • 1985Bluejay Books · 504 pages · ENGISBN 9780312941444
  • 1986Tor · 504 pages · ENGISBN 9780812520477
  • 1990Legend · 504 pages · ENGISBN 9780099547105
  • 1999SFBC · 760 pages · ENGISBN 9780739403464
  • 2014Open Road Integrated Media, Inc. · 512 pages · ENGISBN 9781497642324
  • 2015Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom · 480 pages · ENGISBN 9780765380494
  • 1987Tor Books · 512 pages · ENGISBN 9780812531749
  • 1999Bt Bound · ENGISBN 9780613172042

"Perhaps it wasn't from our time, perhaps it wasn't even from our universe, but perhaps the arrival of the 300 km long stone was the answer to humanity's desperate plea to end the threat of nuclear war. Inside the deep recesses of the stone lies Thistledown: the remnants of a human society, versed in English, Russian and Chinese. The artifacts of this familiar people foretell a great Death caused by the ravages of war, but the government and scientists are unable to decide how to use this knowledge. Deeper still within the stone is the Way. For some the Way means salvation from death, for others it is a parallel world where loved ones live again. But, unlike Thistledown, the Way is not entirely dead, and the inhabitants hold the knowledge of a present war, over a million miles away, using weapons far more deadly than any that mankind has ever conceived. "

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