The darkest of nights
Maine, Charles Eric, 1921-19812019
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A vicious plague has broken out in China and spread to Japan. The world governments look on callously, until the shadow of the Hueste virus begins to sweep across the rest of the globe. The pandemic draws nearer to Britain; shelters are hastily constructed across the country, but for whom? As the death toll booms and the populace finds themselves sacrificed for the sake of the elite, the cry for revolution rings out amidst the sirens. Maine's savage portrayal of society on the brink of ruin is a cruel forerunner of a more pessimistic science fiction of the 1960s. This subversive novel shows that even the heroes may succumb to brutality as the world descends into a desperate scramble for the last shred of what it means to be human: survival.
Main title:
The darkest of nights / Charles Eric Maine.
Author:
Maine, Charles Eric, 1921-1981, author
Imprint:
London : British Library Publishing, 2019.
Collation:
256 pages ; 19 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
Originally published: London: Panther Books, 1965.
ISBN:
9780712352185 (pbk)
Dewey class:
823.914
LC class:
PR6063.A345
Local class:
FT Pbk
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2503192