The unimaginable has happened. The world has been plunged into all-out nuclear war. Sailing near the Arctic Circle, the U.S.S. Nathan James is relatively unscathed, but the future is grim and Captain Thomas is facing mutiny from the tattered remnants of his crew. With civilization in ruins, he urges those that remain—one-hundred-and-fifty-two men and twenty-six women—to pull together in search of land. Once they reach safety, however, the men and women on board realize that they are earth’s last remaining survivors—and they’ve all been exposed to radiation. When none of the women seems able to conceive, fear sets in. Will this be the end of humankind?
Book Details
Format
paperback
ISBN-10
0345359828
ISBN-13
9780345359827
Publication Date
Unknown
Item Weight
1.35 pounds
Length
9.25 inch
Width
6.26 inch
Height
1.57 inch
First Sentence
The island lay alone in the sea, moored in tranquil waters of turquoise, embraced in radiant stillness, trees rising from it beyond the sienna beaches, and no sign whatever of life.
William Brinkley, born in 1917, was a newspaper reporter before spending four years on active Navy duty. Then at *Life magazine*, he was busy working on a new novel. He is the author of *Quicksand* and *The Deliverance of Sister Cecilia*. Random House published the higher priced hardbound edition of *Don't Go Near the Water*.
