Fallout

by Lawrence Dunning

Andres Kudirka, a once brilliant scientist now headed toward drug-induced insanity, worked on the original A-bomb at Los Alamos and witnessed a test blast in the Pacific where innocent islanders were killed. As chief engineer for Neutron Two, the nation's first commercial fast-breeder reactor nuclear power plant near Denver, Kudirka harbors a deep resentment toward his employers and the United States and now plots to destroy Neutron Two, unleashing a holocaust that would kill millions of people.

260 pages, Paperback

First published September 12, 2000

About the author

Lawrence Dunning has published many novels and short stories during a long career of writing fiction. The novels include Neutron Two Is Critical, Fallout!, Keller’s Bomb, and Taking Liberty, which interested a Hollywood film agency after being reviewed in Publishers Weekly. He also has a new book of his collected short stories titled Rondo and Fugue for Two Pianos. He has published some 30 short stories in literary journals. The stories have won three Colorado Authors’ League awards, and two of his stories were named in the annual Best American Short Stories list of the 100 best stories. He has worked for the Dutch government, a petroleum publication, and the U.S. Department of Defense. He lives in Colorado.