Test of Fire Author:Ben Bova When the Sun flared, the night-shielded New World almost escaped destruction. The line of dawn raced westward across the Atlantic Ocean, but as it did the brightness diminished. The sun dimmed as quickly as it had brightened. The Americas escaped the Sun's wrath. Almost. But as their sky began burning, who could... more » blame the Russians for thinking that the Americans had attacked...?
A small group of survivors fight to rebuild civilization after the Earth is devastated by a huge solar flare. Cities became ovens. Grasslands became seas of flame. As the touch of dawn swept westward across the spinning planet Earth, its fiery finger killed everything in its path. Glaciers in Switzerland began to melt, floodwaters poured down on the burning, smoking villages dotting the Alpine meadows. Paris became a torch, then London. North of the Arctic Circle, Lapplanders in their summer furs burst into flame as their reindeer collapsed and roasted on the smoking tundra. « less
Bova writes a good end of the world book and this one has you wondering what will happen next.
When the sun flared, the night-shielded New World almost escaped destruction. But as their sky began burning, who could blame the Russians for thinking that the Americans had attacked....?
The moon colony needs fissionables only available on earth. The trips become more dangerous as the shuttles are ambushed as they land. Who will make the next trip for them and save the colony?
When the Sun flared, the night-shielded Americas almost escaped destruction. But as their sky began burning, who could blame the Russians for thinking that the Americans had attacked?