A great read with very interesting science and concepts. Great characters with solid story arcs. I’m a Greg Bear fan, no question - but the storyline centered around Earth, the Hexamon, the Thistledown ship etc was vastly more interesting (to me) than the other storyline, which, as another reviewer mentioned, goes to fantasy. Still, very recommended! Don’t read the sequel Eternity without reading Eon.

This is a very well written tale with great characters, emotion and scientific ideas. My only criticism is that towards the end the science gets bogged down and becomes more like magic, and so goes the story, from hard science fiction to fantasy.

A very engaging story....well written, good science.