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Earthwreck (Coronet Books) - Softcover

Scortia, Thomas N.

 
9780340198889: Earthwreck (Coronet Books)

Synopsis

SCIENCE FICTION-THE FUTURE TWO SPACE STATIONS ORBIT THE EARTH.ONE IS AMERICAN THE OTHER RUSSIAN.THEIR CREWS HOSTILE TO EACH OTHER.SUDDENLY THE UNEASY PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST ERUPTS INTO A SAVAGE NUCLEAR WAR.THE HOLOCAUST SPREADS.BEFORE LONG THE EARTH HAS BEEN BURIED UNDER A BLANKET OF RADIOACTIVITY.THE WATCHERS IN SPACE ARE THE ONLY SURVIVING MEMBERS OF THE HUMAN RACE.BUT WHAT ARE THEIR CHANCES OF CONTINUED EXISTENCE WHEN THEIR OWN PLANET HAS BECOME A WASTELAND?THE AMERICAN STATION HAS JUST ONE FEMALE CREW MEMBER.THE RUSSIANS HAVE MORE WOMEN ON BOARD BUT LACK THE TECHNIQUES NECESSARY FOR SURVIVAL IN SPACE.BOTH CAPTAINS KNOW THEY MUST CO-OPERATE OR FACE OBLITERATION.BUT HOW CAN THEY RESTRAIN A HOSTILITY BORN OF YEARS OF PREPARATION FOR WAR?AND WHERE CAN THEY FIND A NEW HOME FOR MANKIND IN THE VAST EMPTINESS OF OUTER SPACE?

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