Eon
"Perhaps it wasn't from our time, perhaps it wasn't even from our universe, but perhaps the arrival of the 300 km long stone was the answer to humanity's desperate plea to end the threat of nuclear war. Inside the deep recesses of the stone lies Thistledown: the remnants of a human society, versed in English, Russian and Chinese. The artifacts of this familiar people foretell a great Death caused by the ravages of war, but the government and scientists are unable to decide how to use this knowledge. Deeper still within the stone is the Way. For some the Way means salvation from death, for others it is a parallel world where loved ones live again. But, unlike Thistledown, the Way is not entirely dead, and the inhabitants hold the knowledge of a present war, over a million miles away, using weapons far more deadly than any that mankind has ever conceived. "
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In a Cold War-era future, a hollowed-out asteroid the size of a city arrives in Earth orbit. Inside, a corridor stretches farther than the rock should allow, and the people inside it are from a future Earth.
Multiple novels share this title. The most commonly searched is Eon by Greg Bear, published in 1985, a hard science fiction novel about a hollow asteroid that turns out to contain an entire universe along its inside dimension.
Greg Bear's Eon series has three main books: Eon, Eternity, and Legacy. Each can be read on its own, though they share a connected universe across deep time.
Eon is 512 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, Eon takes most readers 8 to 11 hours to finish.
Eon is a standalone novel by Greg Bear, not part of a series.
Eon is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.