num_pages: 504
description: 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.For the Stone was from space--but perhaps not our space; it came from the future-but perhaps not our future; 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.
language: English
title: Eon
titlecomplete: Eon (The Way, #1)
genres: Adventure, Space, Fantasy, Speculative Fiction, Time Travel, Science Fiction Fantasy, Hard Science Fiction, Space Opera, Fiction, Science Fiction
ratings_count: 28276
series: The Way
awards: awardedAt: 536486400000
name: Arthur C. Clarke Award
publisher: Gollancz