Seveneves: A Novel

<p>From the #1 <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author of <em><em>Anathem</em>, Reamde, </em>and <em>Cryptonomicon</em> comes an exciting and thought-provoking science fiction epic—a grand story of annihilation and survival spanning five thousand years.</p><p><em>What would happen if the world were ending?</em></p><p>A catastrophic event renders the earth a ticking time bomb. In a feverish race against the inevitable, nations around the globe band together to devise an ambitious plan to ensure the survival of humanity far beyond our atmosphere, in outer space.</p><p>But the complexities and unpredictability of human nature coupled with unforeseen challenges and dangers threaten the intrepid pioneers, until only a handful of survivors remain . . .</p><p>Five thousand years later, their progeny—seven distinct races now three billion strong—embark on yet another audacious journey into the unknown . . . to an alien world utterly transformed by cataclysm and time: Earth.</p><p>A writer of dazzling genius and imaginative vision, Neal Stephenson combines science, philosophy, technology, psychology, and literature in a magnificent work of speculative fiction that offers a portrait of a future that is both extraordinary and eerily recognizable. As he did in <em>Anathem, Cryptonomicon,</em> the Baroque Cycle, and <em>Reamde,</em> Stephenson explores some of our biggest ideas and perplexing challenges in a breathtaking saga that is daring, engrossing, and altogether brilliant.</p>