Depopulated Earth

See:

Oceans Rush...

The Quiet Earth

Forests Green And Fair

In "The Chapter Ends," Jorun flies over uninhabited expanses on Earth:

wind-rippled plains like oceans of grass;

herds of wild cattle darkening the plains;

hoof beats like thunder in the earth;

hundreds of kilometers of old, mighty trees;

gleaming rivers piercing the forests;

fish leaping in lakes;

sunshine spilling like warm rain;

eye-hurting radiance;

swift cloud shadows;

all empty of man;

frightening vitality;

life covering earth, filling oceans and making heavens clangorous.

Jorun's grim planet has moors, crags and spindrift seas.