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Eon

by Greg Bear

A massive stone vessel containing the remnants of a future human civilisation arrives in Earth's orbit. Within the ship lies a gateway to an infinite corridor known as the Way, which holds warnings of nuclear war and evidence of an ongoing interstellar conflict.

Accession 9263 ISBN 0099547104 Publisher Arrow
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