City at the End of Time

City at the End of Time is a 2008 science fiction novel by Greg Bear. The story follows a group of misfit vagrants in modern-day Seattle; Ginny, Jack, and Daniel, tormented by strange visions of a place called "the Kalpa". This is the titular City at the End of Time: one hundred trillion years in the future, the Kalpa stands as the final bastion of reality against the inexplicable Typhon, a breakdown of the laws of physics which has consumed the ... more

City at the End of Time is a 2008 science fiction novel by Greg Bear. The story follows a group of misfit vagrants in modern-day Seattle; Ginny, Jack, and Daniel, tormented by strange visions of a place called "the Kalpa". This is the titular City at the End of Time: one hundred trillion years in the future, the Kalpa stands as the final bastion of reality against the inexplicable Typhon, a breakdown of the laws of physics which has consumed the rest of the ancient universe. Publishers Weekly said that City at the End of Time was something of an homage to William Hope Hodgson's novel The Night Land. They described it saying "this complex, difficult and beautifully written tale will appeal to sophisticated readers who prefer thorny conundrums to fast-paced action." Sara Rutter reviewing for the Library Journal said City at the End of Time "plunging readers into a visceral experience of cosmological theory and the big creation stories of mythology, this challenging and imaginative work... less