by PatrickTilley (Author)
The date was Friday 3rd August. For some people, depending where they lived, the day was just beginning. For others, it was the end of another, perfectly normal, day. Suddenly all the world's radar screens went haywire...This time it had really happened. An alien spacecraft was in orbit around earth. In utmost secrecy, an undercover team of the best brains the US government could muster desperately tried to analyse an enigma that nothing had prepared them for. Nine weeks later, civilisation was on the brink of a total breakdown, more devastating than any natural or man-made disaster. The unknown was here - and it defied all powers of human comprehension...
Format: Paperback
Pages: 544
Edition: New Ed
Publisher: Orbit
Published: 04 Feb 1999
ISBN 10: 1857238281
ISBN 13: 9781857238280