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Bombs in Orbit
Officially there was no war. Yet men were dying, planes were battling, and the struggle for the conquest of space was going on day and night on a life-or-death basis. For it was common - though unpublicized - knowledge that when one of the two great powers got into a position to strike a total blow without risk, the Cold War would be over.
Now the Russian space lead had taken a fatal turn - they had three controlled H-Bomb Sputniks circling the Earth ready to drop when and where they wished.
America could be wiped out in a matter of minutes, unless those BOMBS IN ORBIT could be disarmed. There was only one way to do that. Send men up in a satellite of our own to pull the Red fangs.
The story of that attempt, one of the most tensely exciting air-space adventures of the very near future, is a novel that cannot be put down until the last taut page.
Now the Russian space lead had taken a fatal turn - they had three controlled H-Bomb Sputniks circling the Earth ready to drop when and where they wished.
America could be wiped out in a matter of minutes, unless those BOMBS IN ORBIT could be disarmed. There was only one way to do that. Send men up in a satellite of our own to pull the Red fangs.
The story of that attempt, one of the most tensely exciting air-space adventures of the very near future, is a novel that cannot be put down until the last taut page.
192 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 1959
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Jeff Sutton
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January 26, 2022
A fast-paced military SF thriler from 1959. Holds up better than I though it would.
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