- 250 pages
- English
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The Killing Star
About this book
A near-future thriller of a devastating alien invasion from the paleontologist who inspiredĀ
Jurassic ParkĀ and the award-winning science fiction author.
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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 concernedĀ .Ā .Ā .
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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 theĀ 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 aliensāfor now. But any sign of life, any call for help, might bring the Intruders straight to them.Ā
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These far-flung survivors are now on their own, stalked by a ruthless, faceless enemy straight out of the nightmares of humanity's greatest mindsāthose lone voices whose warnings went ignored.
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"[A] novel of such conceptual ferocity and scientific plausibility that it amounts to a reinvention of that old Wellsian staple, [alien invasion]." ā TheĀ New York Times Book Review
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"RelentlessĀ .Ā .Ā . The ultimate disaster novelĀ .Ā .Ā . A thought-experiment and warning." ā The Denver Post
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"A whirlwind of ideasĀ .Ā .Ā . full of action and dangerĀ .Ā .Ā . Pellegrino and Zebrowski are working territory not too far removed from Arthur C.Ā Clarke's, and anywhere Clarke is popular, this book should be, too." ā Booklist
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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 concernedĀ .Ā .Ā .
Ā
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 theĀ 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 aliensāfor now. But any sign of life, any call for help, might bring the Intruders straight to them.Ā
Ā
These far-flung survivors are now on their own, stalked by a ruthless, faceless enemy straight out of the nightmares of humanity's greatest mindsāthose lone voices whose warnings went ignored.
Ā
"[A] novel of such conceptual ferocity and scientific plausibility that it amounts to a reinvention of that old Wellsian staple, [alien invasion]." ā TheĀ New York Times Book Review
Ā
"RelentlessĀ .Ā .Ā . The ultimate disaster novelĀ .Ā .Ā . A thought-experiment and warning." ā The Denver Post
Ā
"A whirlwind of ideasĀ .Ā .Ā . full of action and dangerĀ .Ā .Ā . Pellegrino and Zebrowski are working territory not too far removed from Arthur C.Ā Clarke's, and anywhere Clarke is popular, this book should be, too." ā Booklist
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Dedication
- I Punctuated Equolibrium
- II Theory of Catastrophism
- III Origin of the Fittest
- Afterword: Reality Check
- About the Author
- Copyright