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Advance praise:
“THE ENDED WORLD is a dazzling work of imagination, a sweeping intergenerational parable of belief, selfhood, and love in the epoch of artificial intelligence. A medieval saint, a lapsed Mormon, a sentient and rogue AI: Libbie Grant has created a wondrous story of human and technological change that I will be thinking about for years to come.” -Bruce Holsinger, bestselling author of The Displacements and Culpability (Oprah’s Book Club)
“In this wise, poetic, and highly engaging speculative novel, a mysterious vision leads to reflections on faith, love, divinity, addictive technology, pandemic, AI, and, yes, the end of the world, all rendered in outstanding sentence-level prose. Alternating points of view lend urgency and accumulating beauty to a story that conveys the solace of shared experience and the conviction that despite the tribulations of the recent past and near future, humanity will find a way. Readers of Gabrielle Zevin and Emily St. John Mandel won’t want to miss this book.” – Tim Weed, author of The Afterlife Project
“Absolutely brilliant! A richly woven tapestry of extraordinary connections and stunning parallels, THE ENDED WORLD will take you on a lyrical journey through theology, technology, and humanity and then leave you questioning everything you ever thought you knew. I cannot stop thinking about this book.” – Erin Litteken, Internationally Bestselling Author of The Memory Keeper of Kyiv
“Brilliantly structured and conceived, THE ENDED WORLD is complex, full of visions and fractal theories, and timely, as we recuperate from a pandemic and teeter on the verge of AI. More important, Grant never forgets our universal need for spiritual and human connection, weaving her prose and characters together masterfully and leaving the reader with deep appreciation for the “abundance” that life has to offer.” – Tara Lynn Masih, author of How We Disappear and The Silent Women
