The Aftermath

A Novel of Survival

€13,99
  • The
  • year
  • is
  • 2010
  • and
  • the
  • world
  • as
  • we
  • know
  • it
  • has
  • come
  • to
  • an
  • end.
  • A
  • huge
  • comet
  • has
  • smashed
  • into
  • the
  • earth
  • off
  • the
  • coast
  • of
  • California,
  • vaporizing
  • and
  • generating
  • a
  • fiery
  • rain
  • that
  • engulfs
  • the
  • globe
  • in
  • a
  • destructive
  • holocaust.
  • But
  • at
  • the
  • opposite
  • pole
  • of
  • the
  • planet,
  • there
  • is
  • a
  • "safe
  • zone"
  • encompassing
  • part
  • of
  • the
  • southeast
  • African
  • shore
  • and
  • the
  • southern
  • tip
  • of
  • Madagascar
  • where
  • the
  • damage
  • is
  • extensive
  • but
  • not
  • total.Spared
  • from
  • destruction
  • is
  • a
  • luxury
  • cruise
  • ship,
  • the
  • Queen
  • of
  • Africa,
  • which
  • carries
  • 600
  • of
  • the
  • world's
  • leading
  • engineers.
  • These
  • outstanding
  • technologists,
  • traveling
  • with
  • their
  • immediate
  • families,
  • are
  • engaged
  • in
  • a
  • seminar
  • dedicated
  • to
  • finding
  • solutions
  • to
  • humanity's
  • eternal
  • needs-shelter,
  • food,
  • energy,
  • environmental
  • preservation,
  • and
  • the
  • like.
  • But
  • when
  • the
  • impact
  • of
  • the
  • comet
  • sends
  • shock
  • waves
  • around
  • the
  • world,
  • the
  • passengers'
  • first
  • priority
  • is
  • to
  • abandon
  • ship
  • for
  • terra
  • firma.
  • Thus
  • they
  • head
  • for
  • the
  • South
  • African
  • coast
  • to
  • begin
  • the
  • task
  • of
  • "starting
  • over."In
  • KwaZulu
  • Natal
  • the
  • passengers
  • find
  • a
  • surviving
  • community
  • of
  • about
  • 25,000,
  • including
  • many
  • experienced
  • agricultural
  • and
  • industrial
  • workers.
  • These
  • people
  • have
  • been
  • cast
  • back,
  • physically,
  • to
  • the
  • Stone
  • Age,
  • but
  • intellectually
  • they
  • are
  • at
  • the
  • forefront
  • of
  • technological
  • progress
  • in
  • the
  • 21st
  • century,
  • and
  • they
  • have
  • at
  • their
  • disposal
  • the
  • natural
  • resources
  • needed
  • to
  • embark
  • on
  • an
  • industrial
  • revolution.
  • So
  • begins
  • an
  • epic
  • adventure
  • of
  • rebuilding
  • the
  • world
  • from
  • scratch,
  • but
  • in
  • an
  • unpredictable,
  • and
  • sometimes
  • hostile,
  • environment,
  • survival
  • itself
  • may
  • be
  • the
  • real
  • challenge.The
  • Aftermath
  • is
  • a
  • provocative
  • adventure
  • story
  • that
  • provides
  • a
  • scientifically
  • sound
  • blueprint
  • for
  • surviving Armageddon.
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