Count to Infinity
Book Six of the Eschaton Sequence
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Publisher Description
Count to Infinity is John C. Wright's spectacular conclusion to the thought-provoking hard science fiction Eschaton Sequence, exploring future history and human evolution.
An epic space opera finale worthy of the scope and wonder of The Eschaton Sequence: Menelaus Montrose is locked in a final battle of wits, bullets, and posthuman intelligence with Ximen del Azarchel for the fate of humanity in the far future.
The alien monstrosities of Ain at long last are revealed, their hidden past laid bare, along with the reason for their brutal treatment of Man and all the species seeded throughout the galaxy. And they have still one more secret that could upend everything Montrose has fought for and lived so long to achieve.
The Eschaton Sequence
#1 Count to a Trillion
#2 The Hermetic Millennia
#3 The Judge of Ages
#4 The Architect of Aeons
#5 The Vindication of Man
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PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In this lugubrious far-future epic, Wright concludes his Eschaton Sequence (after The Architect of Aeons) by bringing his hero, Menelaus Montrose, to the far end of time. For much of this volume, Montrose has center stage to himself as he seeks his love, Rania Grimaldi, across millions of light years, assisted by other races and intelligences vastly greater than his. Exposition, description and the history of galactic intellectual evolution replace action; even a war between galaxies where "supernovae were weapons, and the nebulae were smoke from the discharges" is but a momentary incident in Montrose's quest for Rania. Montrose takes very few actions in the first sections of the book, and Rania and his enemy, Ximen del Azarchel, appear only as rumors and legends until the final acts, rendering this more of a huge-scale fictional history than a story of characters. Readers fascinated by phrases such as "there is a frame-dragging effect here, acting like a Penrose cylinder" will enjoy this high-concept work, but those looking for physical beings acting in understandable time scales will be unsatisfied.
Customer Reviews
Inter-galactic war
I’ve read stories about inter-galactic war before, but never seen one where the combatants are ACTUAL galaxies. In Wright’s universe everything has been converted to thinking machines and individual stars are like neurons of sentient galaxies, even of galactic clusters or even super clusters. Somehow Menelaus Montrose continues his duel with Ximen Del Azarchel to the literal end of the universe. The real Princess Raina makes her long delayed (by a few billion years) return, and of course there is one last duel. If you liked previous books in this series you will probably like this one, but it’s hard to take seriously.