Doomsday Came About Every Five Years
Someone Out There really hated humans. Twenty years have passed since Shiva I first swept aside Earth's crude defenses and rained down destruction. Now Shiva V has entered the Solar System, more powerful than any of its predecessors.
The Shiva cannot be destroyed by fleets of ships: we tried, and it was the fleets that were destroyed. It cannot be defeated by a clandestinely developed super-weapon based on new principles of physics: no such weapon exists. It cannot be defeated by a forceful American President and his faithful generals: they do not know what to do.
There is only one way to defeat a Shiva: get inside and kill it. Once again, in the personae of five champions, four billion of us are about to do just that.
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Product ReviewA fascinating idea is the germ of this story: Worldwide internet-based realtime-update collaboration allows a team of 5 to work with the intellect of a whole world. Brilliantly thought out, and entertainingly written, this is a thought-provoking read.
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Product ReviewA truly magnificent book, a pity tough thats there so little of it.
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