Moonfall - Brossura

McDevitt, Jack

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ISBN 10: 0006511708 ISBN 13: 9780006511700

Casa editrice: HarperCollins, 1999

Riassunto

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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L'autore:

Jack McDevitt is the author of numerous prize-winning short stories and novels. His first, The Hercules Test, won the Philip K. Dick Special Award. Engines of God was strongly praised by the trade in both the US and Britain and is still selling well. Jack lives in the US with his family.

Dalla quarta di copertina:

The ultimate disaster novel

A comet is coming.
It’s going to hit the moon.
And it’s 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 blow to his deputy too, Vice President Charlie Haskell, who’s actually up there, ready for the inauguration speech. And 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...

Should he panic?
Wouldn’t you?

Su questa edizione

• Editore: HarperCollins
• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0006511708
• ISBN 13: 9780006511700
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 544