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Book Review of Shiva Descending

Shiva Descending
Shiva Descending
Author: Gregory Benford, William Rotsler
Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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(From back of book) The first strikes destroyed Cleveland, Tunis, and parts of Alaska, Canada, and Australia. That was barely the beginning. The swarm-a cloud of meteors and Asteroids 50,000 miles across- was coming. Hundreds of missiles put Earth under siege, forcing the world into a panicked hell of anarchy and catastrophe. Riots and orgies rampaged in the rubble. And worse waited. Because at the swarm's heart was Shiva-a 30 billion-ton comet set to hit earth with the force of 250,000 H-bombs. The impact would turn seas into vapor and mountains into dust. Pray, scream, get drunk, or run amok- but no one could escape it. No one could survive it. And no one could stop it.