Anathem

For ten years Fraa Erasmas, a young avout, has lived ina cloistered sanctuary formathematicians, scientists, and philosophers, protected from thecorrupting influences of the outsideworld. But before the week is out, both the existence he abandonedand the one he embraced will standpoised on the brink of cataclysmicchange— and Erasmas will becomea major player in a drama that willdetermine the future of his world, as he follows his destiny to the mostinhospitable corners of the planet . . . and beyond.