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Eon

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The 21st century was on the brink of nuclear confrontation when the 300 kilometer-long stone flashed out of nothingness and into Earth's orbit. NASA, NATO, and the UN sent explorers to the asteroid's surface...and discovered marvels and mysteries to drive researchers mad.

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For the Stone was from space—but perhaps not our space; it came from the future—but perhaps not ourfuture; and within the hollowed asteroid was Thistledown. The remains of a vanished civilization. A human—English, Russian, and Chinese-speaking—civilization. Seven vast chambers containing forests, lakes, rivers, hanging cities...

And museums describing the Death; the catastrophic war that was about to occur; the horror and the long winter that would follow. But while scientists and politicians bickered about how to use the information to stop the Death, the Stone yielded a secret that made even Earth's survival pale into insignificance.

Audience
adult
Length
long · 512 pages

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