First published 1981
Sumner Kagan walks through a world transformed beyond recognition. Thirteen hundred years have passed since the time we know, and Earth bears little resemblance to its former self. The landscape stretches alien and hostile around him as he pursues his singular mission. Somewhere in this changed world lurks the godmind, a malevolent entity that bends reality to its will. Kagan knows he must find this being before its power grows beyond all control. The search takes him across continents reshaped by time and catastrophe. Each step forward brings him closer to a confrontation that will test not just his resolve but his very understanding of what it means to be human. The godmind waits, its influence spreading like a cancer through the fabric of existence itself. Kagan carries the weight of a world that depends on his success, even if that world no longer remembers what it once was. His quest becomes a race against forces that operate beyond normal comprehension, in a reality where the rules themselves can be rewritten at will.
Genres: science-fiction, adventure, action, alternate-history
Vibes: dark, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: chosen-one, race-against-time, world-building
Setting: Earth
Period: 1300 years in the future
467 pages · Paperback · Morrow