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Eternity Road by Jack McDevitt is a science book available to read on EtoBox.

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Amazon.com ReviewEternity Road is set 1,000 years from now, when the world as we know it has been dead for eight centuries, destroyed by a plague that killed most of humanity. Technological artifacts remain, but the knowledge of what they are and how to use them has been lost by a society that has degenerated into a series of city-states. Legend has it that the Roadmakers left a store of knowledge in a place called Haven, but when an expedition from Memphis sets out to find it, only one person returns. The lone, dishonored survivor eventually kills himself, but his son is determined to try again ... From Library JournalAfter a cataclysmic viral plague wiped out humanity sometime in the 21st century, the next civilization arose in isolated pockets. In the Mississippi Valley, Illyrians built their town on what had been the Roadmakers' Memphis. Some believed in the mythical Haven on the eastern ocean where books and other technological wonders had been saved. When all but one member of an expedition dies trying to find Haven, the leader's son joins a second party on the long overland trek east. Unfortunately, the book raises more questions than it answers about the knowledge that was

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It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Jack McDevitt
Publisher
HarperCollins, TBS The Book Service Ltd [distributor], . HarperCollins (Canada) Ltd [distributor], . Jonathan Ball Publishers SA [distributor], . HarperCollins Publishers Pty Ltd [distributor], . HarperCollins New Zealand [distributor], . HarperCollins Publishers Inc [distributor], . Harper San Francisco [distributor
Published
2009
Language
EN
ISBN
9780061567698
Category
science
Subjects
Science Fiction, Fiction
Rating
3.76 / 5 (60 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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