Pat Frank: Alas, Babylon, Kartoniert / Broschiert

Kurzbeschreibung

A new edition of the classic novel about a nuclear holocaust in the United States.

Beschreibung

Alas, Babylon... Those fateful words heralded the end. When the unthinkable nightmare of nuclear holocaust ravaged the United States, it was instant death for tens of millions of people; for survivors, it was a nightmare of hunger, sickness, and brutality. Overnight, a thousand years of civilization were stripped away. But for one small Florida town, spared against all the odds, the struggle was just beginning, as men and women of all ages and races found the courage to join together and push against the darkness. This edition of the classic disaster novel, first published in 1959 at the height of the Cold War, contains a new introduction by science fiction expert David Brin.

Klappentext

"Alas, Babylon." Those fateful words heralded the end. When a nuclear holocaust ravages the United States, a thousand years of civilization are stripped away overnight, and tens of millions of people are killed instantly. But for one small town in Florida, miraculously spared, the struggle is just beginning, as men and women of all backgrounds join together to confront the darkness.