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The ultimate disaster novel. IT’S TIME TO PANIC...
A comet is coming. It’s going to hit the moon. And the moon is going to fall.
On us.
Out of the blindside of a total solar eclipse comes a fundamental threat to life on our planet. Moonbase, the NASA project establishing at last permanent human activity on the moon, has been up and running for precisely five days. If it’s knocked out, it’ll be a hell of a blow to the US President, Henry Kolladner, who came to office riding high on the space ticket.
And it’ll be a bit of a blow to his deputy, VP Charlie Haskell, who’s actually up there. If the comet fully impacts, there’ll be no more moon at all. Billions of tons of lunar rock will crash to Earth. There’ll be tidal waves, quakes, global destruction.
It’s a tough call for the President. Does he declare a state of emergency and start evacuating the entire coastal population of America? Imagine the chaos, the looting, the riots...
Does he panic?
Wouldn’t YOU?
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Over the last few years, Jack McDevitt has quietly been producing an outstanding collection of science fiction novels. Earlier works such as The Engines of God and Ancient Shores had a thoughtful, archaeological-exploration bent, but with Moonfall he takes off the gloves to create a splashy, near-future science fiction thriller with a big cast of characters and a do-or-die attitude. At the centre of the story is Charlie Haskell, the U.S. vice president, who in 2024--an election year--has arrived at the American Moonbase to cut the ribbon and declare it operational. But there's a problem, and it's a big one: a "sun-grazer" comet, with immense mass and speed, is on a collision course with the moon. Haskell, with an eye to his public image, puts himself at the bottom of the evacuation list. But time grows critically short, and soon more than his political future is in jeopardy--broken chunks of moon will begin exploding outwards. If they reached Earth, some of the chunks would be big enough to cause an extinction event. McDevitt pays attention to his science while revving the action, and the stakes couldn't be higher: Haskell's choices will decide who lives and who dies--if anyone survives at all. --Blaise Selby
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"A full-speed-ahead tale of a comet's collision with the moon...the "Titanic" in space."-- "Booklist
"Big, bursting, medium-future, global disaster yarn...another solidly engrossing entry from the dependable McDevitt."-- "Kirkus Reviews"
Breathlesss...a fine-tuned disaster to remember."-- "Publishers Weekly
"The Heir to Asimov"-- Michael Swanwick
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- PublisherHarperCollins
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 0002247054
- ISBN 13 9780002247054
- BindingPaperback
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Book Description Trade Paperback. Condition: Good. Trade Paperback. 464 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Collins, UK, 1998. *** CONDITION: This book is in good condition. More specifically: Covers have light creasing. Spine has minimal reading creases. . Remainder mark on page edges. Pages are reasonably tanned. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: The ultimate disaster novel. IT'S TIME TO PANIC.A comet is coming. It's going to hit the moon. And the moon is going to fall. On us. Out of the blindside of a total solar eclipse comes a fundamental threat to life on our planet. Moonbase, the NASA project establishing at last permanent human activity on the moon, has been up and running for precisely five days. If it's knocked out, it'll be a hell of a blow to the US President, Henry Kolladner, who came to office riding high on the space ticket. And it'll be a bit of a blow to his deputy, VP Charlie Haskell, who's actually up there. If the comet fully impacts, there'll be no more moon at all. Billions of tons of lunar rock will crash to Earth. There'll be tidal waves, quakes, global destruction. It's a tough call for the President. Does he declare a state of emergency and start evacuating the entire coastal population of America? Imagine the chaos, the looting, the riots.Does he panic? Wouldn't YOU? *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Thrillers; ISBN: 0002247054. ISBN/EAN: 9780002247054. Inventory No: 16100301. The photo of this book is of the actual book for sale. Seller Inventory # 16100301
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