Eternity

Greg Bear

Apr 2014 · Eon Book 3 · Open Road Media

About this ebook

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).
 

Ratings and reviews

I gave up on page 76. I didn't know what on earth was going on in all that time. There were little glimmers of interesting people and little pockets of story I understood. I am an avid reader so don't give up on books that easily. It is the authors job to draw us in with their skills. I'm afraid this this book didn't do that. It was a great shame. I have wasted 76 pages of reading. I have given an extra star for those little pockets of interest.

Outstanding! What an incredible vision. Greg Bear is a great author. I'm glad I Don have his nightmares!

I read the trilogy some 20yrs ago loved them all. I never found the books boring. Kept me captivated all through the books.

About the author

Greg Bear is the author of over twenty-five books, which have been translated into seventeen languages. He has won science fiction’s highest honors and is considered the natural heir to Arthur C. Clarke. The recipient of two Hugo Awards and four Nebula Awards, Bear 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 classics of his generation. Bear is married to Astrid Anderson—who is the daughter of science fiction great Poul Anderson—and they are the parents of two children, Erik and Alexandria. Bear’s recent publications include the thriller Quantico and its sequel, Mariposa; the epic science fiction novel City at the End of Time; and the generation starship novel Hull Zero Three.