The End of Eternity

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A spellbinding novel set in the universe of Isaac Asimov’s classic Galactic Empire series and Foundation series Due to circumstances within our control . . . tomorrow will be canceled. The Eternals, the ruling class of the Future, had the power of life and death not only over every human being but over the very centuries into which they were born. Past, Present, and Future could be created or destroyed at will. You had to be special to become an Eternal. Andrew Harlan was special. Until he committed the one unforgivable sin—falling in love. Eternals weren’t supposed to have feelings. But Andrew could not deny the sensations that were struggling within him. He knew he could not keep this secret forever. And so he began to plan his escape, a plan that changed his own past . . . and threatened Eternity itself.

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The End of Eternity is a spellbinding science fiction novel written by Isaac Asimov, set within the grand universe of his classic Galactic Empire and Foundation series. The story introduces readers to Eternity, a hidden organization existing outside of normal time. The Eternals are a ruling class of the Future who possess extraordinary and absolute power over time itself. They have the ability to govern life and death, not merely over individual human beings, but over entire centuries into which people were born. Within this reality, the Past, the Present, and the Future can be actively created, altered, or completely destroyed at will through temporal engineering. To become a member of this elite ruling class, a person had to be exceptional. Andrew Harlan was one such individual; he was special, highly trained, and deeply devoted to the rigid laws and procedures of Eternity. However, Harlan's meticulously controlled existence is upended when he commits the one unforgivable sin within the timeless realm: falling in love. As an Eternal, he was strictly conditioned to be free of human attachments and passions, yet he finds himself unable to deny the powerful sensations and emotions struggling within his heart. Knowing that he cannot keep this secret hidden from his superiors forever, Harlan begins to orchestrate a daring plan of escape. This desperate maneuver forces him to confront the very fabric of time, threatening to change his own past and alter the course of reality forever. Asimov masterfully weaves a narrative that explores the heavy moral and philosophical consequences of manipulating time for the sake of societal safety, questioning whether the erasure of human suffering and uncertainty is truly worth the loss of spontaneous human potential and genuine freedom.

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Isaac Asimov

Isaac Asimov (1920-1992) was an American author and biochemist, one of the most prolific and influential science fiction writers in history, known for the 'Foundation' series and the 'Robot' novels that introduced the Three Laws of Robotics.

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