City at the End of Time

By: Greg Bear

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Paperback | 25 August 2009

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496 Pages

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22.86 x 15.88 x 3.18

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In a time like the present, in a world that may or may not be our own, three young people-Ginny, Jack, and Daniel-dream of a decadent, doomed city of the distant future: the Kalpa. But more than dreams link these three: They are fate-shifters, born with the ability to skip across the surface of the fifth dimension, inhabiting alternate versions of themselves. And each guards an object whose origin and purpose are unknown: gnarled, stony artifacts called sum-runners that persist unchanged through all versions of time.

Hunted by others with similar powers who seek the sum-runners on behalf of a terrifying, goddess-like entity known as the Chalk Princess, Ginny, Jack, and Daniel are drawn into an all but hopeless mission to rescue the future-and complete the greatest achievement in human history.

Industry Reviews

"Represents a return to the sort of big and imaginative science-fiction epic that [Greg Bear's] many fans particularly covet."--Seattle Post-Intelligencer

"[A] triumphant return to large-scale SF . . . beautifully written."--Publishers Weekly, A Best Book of the Year "[City at the End of Time] has the flavor of weird fantasy, closer in its feel to the works of Neil Gaiman or China Miï¿½ville than anything Bear has done before. It . . . has an epic depth."--Sci Fi Weekly

"A gripping, original tale."--NewScientist

"Powerful and evocative."--Analog

"Superlative . . . an excellent, excellent work."--Harlan Ellison

"Compelling . . . a remarkable tour de force of sustained visionary writing . . . one of Bear's best novels, perhaps even the very best."--Locus

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