New Year's Eve, 2023. A world gripped by madness, terror and apocalyptic fever has time for one last party. Martha Nova, the megastar whose music predicts the future has time for one last song . . . when the music ends, so does the world.

Andrew Weiner's first short story was published in Harlan Ellison's groundbreaking anthology, Again, Dangerous Visions. Since then he has published more than fifty short stories in magazines and anthologies including The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Asimov's Science Fiction, Interzone, Amazing Stories, Twilight Zone Magazine, Science Fiction Age, Prairie Fire, Quarry, Chrysalis, Tesseracts, Proteus and Full Spectrum.

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Robert J. Sawyer,
a Member of the Order of Canada and a Globe and Mail and Maclean's bestseller, is the author of 23 previous novels, including FlashForward, the basis for the ABC TV series. His most recent novel, Quantum Night, was long-listed for CBC's Canada Reads

Praise for Robert J. Sawyer

"A new Robert J. Sawyer book is always cause for celebration."
— Analog Science Fiction and Fact

"Robert J. Sawyer is a writer of boundless confidence and bold scientific extrapolation."
— The New York Times

"Sawyer not only has an irresistibly engaging narrative voice but also a gift for confronting thorny philosophical conundrums. At every opportunity, he forces his readers to think while holding their attention with ingenious premises and superlative craftsmanship."
— Booklist

"Robert J. Sawyer is by any measure one of the world's leading (and most interesting) science-fiction writers. His fiction is a fascinating blend of intellectually compelling big ideas and humane, enduring characters."
— The Globe and Mail

"Sawyer, an articulate fountain of ideas, is the genre's northern star—in fact, one of the hottest SF writers anywhere. By any reckoning Sawyer is among the most successful Canadian authors ever."
— Maclean's: Canada's Weekly News Magazine

"A polished, exciting writer. Sawyer writes with the scientific panache and grandeur of Arthur C. Clarke and the human touch of Isaac Asimov."
— Quill & Quire

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"A vehicle for a thesis - a distillation of Jungian psychology and apocalyptica-that hurtles toward a breathless climax."
— Word: Toronto's Literary Calendar

"A sharply sardonic, quietly moving and paradoxically optimistic vision of the end of the world."
— The Edmonton Journal

"A fun and thought-provoking read."
— scifidimensions.com

"A novel that amply rewards thoughtful readers while beautifully evoking the spirit of our own dark and troubled times."
— scifi.com

"An enthralling and highly recommended science fiction saga."
— Midwest Book Review

"The extrapolations on contemporary culture are particularly chilling."
— The Globe and Mail