The Hermetic Millennia
Reeks: The Eschaton Sequence
John C. Wright
- The
- Hermetic
- Millennia,
- by
- John
- C.
- Wright,
- is
- a
- kaleidoscopic
- vision
- of
- future
- history
- and
- human
- evolution—perfect
- for
- fans
- of
- hard
- sci-fi
- and
- space
- opera.Continuing
- from
- Count
- to
- a
- Trillion,
- Menelaus
- Illation
- Montrose—Texas
- gunslinger,
- idealist,
- and
- posthuman
- genius—has
- gone
- into
- cryo-suspension
- following
- the
- discovery
- that,
- in
- 8,000
- years,
- a
- powerful
- alien
- intelligence
- will
- reach
- Earth
- to
- assess
- humanity's
- value
- as
- slaves.Montrose
- intends
- to
- be
- alive
- to
- meet
- that
- threat,
- but
- he
- is
- awakened
- repeatedly
- throughout
- the
- centuries
- to
- confront
- the
- woes
- of
- an
- ever-changing
- and
- violent
- world,
- witnessing
- millennia
- of
- change
- compressed
- into
- a
- few
- years
- of
- subjective
- time.The
- result
- is
- a
- breathtaking
- vision
- of
- future
- history
- like
- nothing
- before
- imagined:
- sweeping,
- tumultuous,
- and
- evermore
- alien,
- as
- Montrose's
- immortal
- enemies
- and
- former
- shipmates
- from
- the
- starship
- Hermetic
- harness
- the
- forces
- of
- evolution
- and
- social
- engineering
- to
- continuously
- reshape
- the
- Earth
- in
- their
- image,
- seeking
- to
- create
- a
- version
- of
- man
- the
- approaching
- slavers
- will
- find worthy.
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