Reading order · 3 books · 1985 to 1995 · Set in space
The Way Books in Order
The Way books begin in Eon with the Stone, a hollow asteroid that appears in orbit around Earth and turns out to be far larger inside than out, opening onto an endless corridor through space and time.
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Series facts
The reading order
Every The Way book in publication order. Choose a title for its cast and summary.
3 books · Set in space
- 1Eon1985With Patricia VasquezIn the early twenty-first century, an asteroid appears in orbit around Earth.Buy on Amazon
- 2Eternity1988Years after the Way was closed, the people of Earth and Thistledown are still rebuilding, until a visitor arrives from an alternate Earth where Alexander the Great’s empire never fell, and the Way must be opened again.Buy on Amazon
- 3Legacy1995With Olmy Ap SennonOlmy, a young agent of the Hexamon, travels down the Way to the world of Lamarckia, where a renegade colony has settled among an ecosystem unlike any other.Buy on Amazon
Do you need to read them in order?
Read Eon, then Eternity. Legacy is a prequel and can be read after Eon.
Who appears in which book
The series’ main characters, book by book. Lead means the book is told around them; minor covers cameos.
| Book | Olmy Ap Sennon | Patricia Vasquez |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Eon | MMajor | LLead |
| 2 Eternity | MMajor | MMajor |
| 3 Legacy | LLead |
Characters in the The Way books
2 characters from Greg Bear’s chart, with the number of The Way books each appears in.
| Character | Books | First in this series |
|---|---|---|
| Olmy Ap SennonAgent of the Hexamon | 3 | Eon 1985 |
| Patricia VasquezMathematician on the Stone | 2 | Eon 1985 |