“Eon” is a story that takes place in Earth’s near future where technology has advanced somewhat, though not significantly. The major difference between the present and this future is the abrupt appearance of the mysterious asteroid, which was called “The Stone” by the Americans, with seven chambers cut into it. These rooms were carved by no one on Earth. . . at thattime, anyway. “Eon” is a story about Earth’s present connection with its future through the mystery of the Stone and the equally mysterious seventh chamber that never seems to end – stretching endlessly across the horizon of eternity itself.
Patricia Vasquez may be the main character in “Eon”, if there is one at all. He is a very famous mathematician who is sent to the Stone to solve the mystery of the Stone itself, although more specifically to solve the mystery of the Seventh Chamber. Vasquez, while at the Stone, feels quite longed for and wishes for his parents’ spouse, Paul, who remained in no land. Vasquez has often felt out of place and somewhat out of place, and feels more at home during his time away.
Garry Lanier is another one of the great characters. He is one of the best American ministers in Stone, but he finds himself under a lot of stress. He feels somewhat responsible for the Earth itself, because he knows that the war is going to be terrible and he, like the other characters, although not necessarily with the burden of the burden, desperately wants to stop it. (This information was obtained from the library in Thistledown, the city of the Stone. The Stone can prophesy some information about the future). Towards the end of the book, he and Vasquez develop an intimate relationship.
Colonel Pavel Mirsky is another frequent character in “Eon”. He is Russian and is finally promoted to General when he dies in a battle with the Americans in Stone and Mirsky is next in rank. Also, Mirsky eventually suffers from a kind of partial amnesia, which is, however, for a more unusual and shocking reason.
Olmy is another character who plays an important role in “Eon”. He is a man, but from a great future. Indeed, he is mysterious and has been “reincarnated” many times, which is not something unusual in the future of the earth, except that Olmy has been “reincarnated” more than most people – the common term is two per person. After the second “reincarnation”, then people were buried in the “City Memory”, but Olmy, a faithful man. He was allowed more reincarnations than usual so that he could work for the government.
Some of the characters mentioned above are from Olmy and some of his kind (humans from future Earth) more directly towards the end of the book. But even to deviate from Olmy, they are influenced in subtle ways around the beginning of the story.
The characters in Eon are also affected by the mystery of the Stone. Not only does the mysterious aspect of the stone challenge the characters to know more about it, but what they learn from the Stone also pushes them to go to save the world – for the Stone holds the prophecy of the most terrible Earth, if only for a time; destruction
A shared theme in “Eon” is that a person’s past always affects the future, sometimes producing successful results. Future Earth inadvertently merges with its past, but this is proven to have such great potential to bring about peace unlike any other in the universe. In “Eon” the past man was caught up with his future self and made an almost unconditional peace.
