{"product_id":"seveneves","title":"Seveneves","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Anathem, Reamde, and Cryptonomicon comes an exciting and thought-provoking hard science fiction epic--a grand story of annihilation and survival spanning five thousand years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat would happen if the world were ending?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA 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 a hastily built space ark.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the complexities and unpredictability of human nature coupled with unforeseen challenges threaten the intrepid pioneers, turning their mission into a desperate survival story until only a handful of survivors remain . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFive thousand years later, their progeny--seven distinct races now three billion strong--embark on yet another audacious post-apocalyptic journey into the unknown . . . to an alien world utterly transformed by cataclysm and time: Earth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA 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 Anathem, Cryptonomicon, the Baroque Cycle, and Reamde, Stephenson explores some of our biggest ideas and perplexing challenges in a breathtaking saga that is daring, engrossing, and altogether brilliant.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48515503063289,"sku":"9780062334510","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/1811\/7625\/files\/imageloader_23295309-7223-433f-a1f9-708d6421de03.jpg?v=1781207891","url":"https:\/\/hookeandplotte.com\/products\/seveneves","provider":"Hooke and Plotte Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}