The Time End could be considered the last of a trilogy that started in 1956 and moves through time and space to our possible future. The decedents of Jim Gray and Doc Hopper live in a utopian world ruled by an unknown government. The system keeps the people of the future happy with education, a job, food, entertainment and complacency. Human imperfections and illness are a thing of the past. The young people are perfectly formed and there is no God or old age to concern them. There are no wars or conflicts to threaten them so Patty Gray and Bill Hopper are content with their present world and look forward to living just like their parents - or are they?