After an unanticipated agent obliterates the moon, the scientific community predicts a hard rain of lunar fragments, spelling certain doom for life on Earth. Humanity has only two years to evade extinction. The world unites for an ambitious survival project, as the human race embarks on a desperate endeavor to escape to outer space. Thousands of years later, descendants of the refugees deal with the challenges of their brave new cosmos.
Authors:
Neal Stephenson
Years:
2016
Genre:
Science Fiction
AwardInfo:
hugo-2016