The Killing Star

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Synopsis
A near-future thriller of a devastating alien invasion from the paleontologist who inspired Jurassic Park and the award-winning science fiction author. There were always those who disagreed with broadcasting signals into the deepest reaches of outer space, because our mere existence could be taken as a threat. They were right to be concerned . . . In the spring of 2076, just days short of America&’s tricentennial celebrations, every inhabited surface in the solar system gets wiped out by a catastrophic storm of relativistic bombs, flaming swords that pierced the sky. The only two survivors left on Earth exist in a submersible that had been exploring the Titanic&’s final resting place on the bottom of the North Atlantic. In space, only the settlers in small, asteroid-based colonies have gone unnoticed by the aliens—for now. But any sign of life, any call for help, might bring the Intruders straight to them. These far-flung survivors are now on their own, stalked by a ruthless, faceless enemy straight out of the nightmares of humanity&’s greatest minds—those lone voices whose warnings went ignored. &“[A] novel of such conceptual ferocity and scientific plausibility that it amounts to a reinvention of that old Wellsian staple, [alien invasion].&” —The New York Times Book Review &“Relentless . . . The ultimate disaster novel . . . A thought-experiment and warning.&” —The Denver Post &“A whirlwind of ideas . . . full of action and danger . . . Pellegrino and Zebrowski are working territory not too far removed from Arthur C. Clarke&’s, and anywhere Clarke is popular, this book should be, too.&” —Booklist
Copyright:
1995

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:
9781504090834
Publisher:
Open Road Media
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Copyrighted By:
Charles Pellegrino and George Zebrowski
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers, Science Fiction and Fantasy, Technology
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Bookshare Staff
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