40 Minute War - Hardcover
Book by Janet Morris, Chris Morris
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Janet Morris and Chris Morris are the creators of numerous novels, stories, and works of nonfiction, as well as the editors of the Heroes in Hell series, winner of the Hugo Award. Janet is the only science fiction writer invited to participate in the Rolex fiction program, Chris is an accomplished singer-songwriter and narrator, and the Morrises are widely known for their nonfiction work on national security topics such as nonlethal weapons and Russian technology as well as their fiction and music. The Morrises’ joint fiction novels include The 40-Minute War, The Sacred Band, The Fish the Fighters and the Song-girl, OUTPASSAGE,City at the Edge of Time, Tempus Unbound, Storm Seed, MEDUSA, the Threshold Trilogy, The Little Helliad.
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"After Washington, D.C. is vaporized by a nuclear surface blast, Marc Beck, wonder boy of the American foreign service, prevails on Ashmead, covert action chief, to help him fly two batches of anticancer serum from Israel to the Houston White House. From the moment the establish their gritty relationship, life is filled with treachery and terror for Beck (who) must deal with one cliffhanger after another during the desperate days that follow. This novel shocks us with a sudden, satisfying ending." - PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
"Adventure, suspense, high-tech - this book has it all, from the best new storytellers we have. You have to read this one." - Dr. Jerry Pournelle, author of The Mote in God's Eye and Mercenary
"Headlong and vivid - real characters drawn starkly against the catastrophe they race to undo." - David Drake, author of Hammer's Slammers
"Adventure, suspense, high-tech - this book has it all, from the best new storytellers we have. You have to read this one." - Dr. Jerry Pournelle, author of The Mote in God's Eye and Mercenary
"Headlong and vivid - real characters drawn starkly against the catastrophe they race to undo." - David Drake, author of Hammer's Slammers
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- PublisherBaen
- Publication date1984
- ISBN 10 0671559109
- ISBN 13 9780671559106
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages281
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