The Architect of Aeons
Book Four of the Eschaton Sequence
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Publisher Description
The epic and mind-blowing finale to this visionary space opera series surpasses all expectation: Menelaus Montrose, having forged an uneasy alliance with his immortal adversary, Ximen del Azarchel, maps a future on a scale beyond anything previously imagined. No longer concerned with the course of history across mere millennia, Montrose and del Azarchel have become the architects of aeons, bringing forth minds the size of planets as they steer the bizarre intellectual descendants of an extinct humanity.
Ever driving their labors and their enmity is the hope of reunion with their shared lost love, the posthuman Rania, whose eventual return is by no means assured, but who may unravel everything these eternal rivals have sought to achieve.
John C. Wright's The Architect of Aeons is the latest in his millennia spanning space opera.
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PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Wright continues his latest space opera (following The Judge of Ages) in this galaxy-spanning extravaganza with nods to the Odyssey, Shakespeare, and Japanese legend, as well as classic visionary and military SF. Brilliant posthumans Ximen del Azarchel, suave and snobbish, and Menelaus Illation Montrose, earthy and stubborn, continue their multifaceted relationship as friends, allies, deadly foes, and bitter rivals for the love of the Princess Rania, who long ago departed from Sol's planetary system. As the two geniuses debate whether to oppose or welcome the invasion of the solar system by planet-sized intelligences sent from afar, their ongoing dispute over the princess also continues unabated, sometimes in jests between the two and at other times in actions that affect the fates of millions of people. The years roll by in the tens of thousands while humans ascend to the stars, revert to barbarity, and ascend again. Wright revels in a linguistic phantasmagoria, including Montrose's detailed and colorful cursing and numerous multisyllabic scientific and pseudoscientific terms. The jacket copy claims this is the last book in the series, but there's easily room on this broad canvas for Wright to add another.
Customer Reviews
The Duel Continues
Entertaining fourth book in the Hermetic series.
Is it possible to build a super intelligent planet out of "logic diamond"? Is the galaxy itself sentient thinking vast slow thoughts beyond human comprehension? These and other issues are wrestled with as Menelaus Montrose and Ximen del Azarchel continue their struggle to shape human destiny across the millennia in the face of waves of alien conquerors. The final duel between Menelaus and the the planet Jupiter is a mind blower! With 17000 years until Princess Rania returns, I think this series will continue to entertain fans of grand super science fiction.