Seveneves

In the event that the world ended, what would happen?

An earthly catastrophe turns the planet into a ticking time bomb. Nations from all over the world unite in a furious race against time to thrash out a bold scheme to guarantee human existence far beyond Earth's atmosphere—in space.

However, the brave pioneers are threatened by the intricacies and unpredictable nature of human nature in addition to unanticipated difficulties and perils, until there are only a few survivors left.

Five thousand years later, their progeny—seven distinct races now three billion strong—embark on yet another audacious journey into the unknown . . . to an alien world utterly transformed by cataclysm and time: Earth.

Neal Stephenson is a brilliant writer with a vivid imagination. He blends physics, philosophy, technology, psychology, and literature to create a stunning piece of speculative fiction that presents an amazing but uncannily familiar picture of the future. Like with Anathem, Cryptonomicon, the Baroque Cycle, and Reamde, Stephenson delves into some of our most important concepts and bewildering problems in a stunning narrative that is bold, captivating, and all around excellent.