{"product_id":"2026600003103-secondhand-city-at-the-end-of-time","title":"City At The End Of Time","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good                          \u003cbr\u003eJacket: Worn\/faded, no tears\u003cbr\u003ePages: Yellowed                  \u003cbr\u003eMarkings: No markings\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA sweeping work of visionary science fiction, City at the End of Time chronicles the desperate struggle of a small group of dreamers in present-day Seattle who are inexplicably linked to Nataraja, a last bastion of human civilization standing against the encroaching Typhon — a force of pure chaos consuming the universe at the end of time. Greg Bear constructs a vast, intricate narrative that weaves together quantum fate, ancient myth, and cosmic horror, presenting a story that is simultaneously intimate and staggeringly epic in scope. The novel argues that memory, story, and human consciousness itself are the final weapons against oblivion, giving the narrative a profound philosophical weight beneath its pulse-pounding tension. Bear's prose is dense and richly imagined, rewarding patient readers with one of the most ambitious thought experiments in modern speculative fiction — a meditation on what it means to exist when existence itself is under siege.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48810637918427,"sku":"2026600003103-SECONDHAND","price":25.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/9bf48874-01ea-48f0-a7ff-2a549ad11e5a.png?v=1779806403","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026600003103-secondhand-city-at-the-end-of-time","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}