Airship Nine has been described as "Exciting, riveting, high altitude suspense" by none other than thrill-master Stephen King! Now, author Thomas Block has updated and edited this International bestseller !Airship Nine is a tale rich in technological detail and vision, full of action, passion - and the eerie splendors of the Antarctic. Through their fading radio links connecting them to a dying world devastated by unbridled nuclear war, the men and women of Airship Nine - a new-era passenger-and-cargo blimp - and for those ...
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Airship Nine has been described as "Exciting, riveting, high altitude suspense" by none other than thrill-master Stephen King! Now, author Thomas Block has updated and edited this International bestseller !Airship Nine is a tale rich in technological detail and vision, full of action, passion - and the eerie splendors of the Antarctic. Through their fading radio links connecting them to a dying world devastated by unbridled nuclear war, the men and women of Airship Nine - a new-era passenger-and-cargo blimp - and for those onboard the Soviet supply ship Primorye, the holocaust has suddenly and completely destroyed their homelands. The black clouds of nuclear winter are spreading rapidly across the globe, and their only hope for survival lay in the white ice fields ahead."A chilling survival manual" said the London Sunday Telegram."Block does a solid job" said the Kirkus Review."The story is tautly told," said the Pittsburgh Press."An exciting science fiction thriller," and "Pure tension in a successful plot," said the German newspapers."A timely, thought provoking, suspense-filled story. It is an exciting book," said the Iowa Bookshelf.
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Good. No Jacket. Ex-Library. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Jacket in brodart. Boards have light shelfwear. Usual library markings. Fep is removed. Book is marked "Discard." Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound.
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Very Good in Good jacket. Remainder. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. BOOK: Remainder Mark; Boards Bumped; Light Shelf Rub to Boards; Spine Slightly Cocked; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. DUST JACKET: Previous Owner Markings (Price Clipped); Repaired; Lightly Creased; Lightly Chipped; Slight Yellowing Due to Age; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. SYNOPSIS: When U.S. space platform GF-2, hovering 22, 500 miles above earth, receives an excessive dose of X rays and accidentally releases its forty-eight nuclear-warhead missiles at their pre-programmed targets in the Soviet Union, Russian missiles immediately retaliate. In the twinkling of an eye, doomsday has become reality. With this, his greatest thriller of all, Thomas block has produced a tale rich in technological detail and vision, full of action, passion-and the eerie splendours of Antarctica. Here is the master of aero-suspense at the top of his powers, as he creates a future, but a future perilously like the present...riddled with dangerous rivalries, political conflict, international menace, and the imminent threat of Armageddon. Flying over Antarctica is Airship Nine-a futuristic commercial dirigible carrying cargo and passengers on a routine trip from South Africa to Australia. And sailing from an Antarctic harbour is the Soviet motor ship Primorye. Neither their captains nor the men and women who comprise their crews have any idea of the catastrophe that has just occurred. Will the devastation extend to the passengers and crews of the Russian and American ships? Or will these sworn global enemies be the sole survivors of the nuclear holocaust? Will they be distanced by a heritage of hatred or drawn together by their mutual responsibility to ensure the future of mankind?
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