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child-transformation

Children undergo a mysterious metamorphosis that grants them latent powers and detaches them from ordinary human experience.

1 chapter across 1 book

Childhood’s End (1953)Arthur C. Clarke

Chapter 24

The chapter depicts the onset of a global metamorphosis affecting children worldwide, beginning with Jeffrey and Jenny Greggson. As the children transform into a new form of existence with latent powers and altered consciousness, their parents experience a profound sense of loss and alienation. This event signals the end of human civilization as the younger generation evolves beyond human understanding, culminating in a final message from Karellen to mankind.