The End of Eternity

The best time-travel story since H.G. Wells’s The Time Machine, by the Grand Master of science fiction, the story of Andrew Harlan, Technician and Eternal. Andrew Harlan’s job is to range through past and present centuries monitoring and even altering Time’s myriad cause-and-effect relationships. As a Technician with the Allwhen Council, he initiates Reality Changes that may affect the lives of as many as fifty billion people – and a million or more of them may be so drastically affected as to be considered new individulas. Above all, therefore, a Technician must be dispassionate. An emotional make-up is a distinct handicap. Then Harlan meets Noÿs and falls victim to a phenomenon older than Time itself – love. Years of self-discipline are cast aside as Harlan uses the awesome techniques of the Eternals to twist Time so that he and Noÿs might survive… together. Isaac Asimov's The End of Eternity is a thrilling journey through time, filled with action and adventure. The psychological depth of the characters and the narrative's intricate plot, although not a detective mystery, make it a top-tier read for any science fiction fan. For fans of Robert Heinlein (Stranger in a Strange Land), Frank Herbert (Children Of Dune), Cixin Liu (Of Ants and Dinosaurs), Dan Simmons (The Terror), and James S. A. Corey (Nemesis Games). HarperCollins 2023