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“Nobody does it better than Niven and Pournelle. I loved it!”—Tom Clancy They first appear as a series of dots on astronomical plates, heading from Saturn directly toward Earth. Since the ringed planet carries no life, scientists deduce the mysterious ship to be a visitor from another star. The world's frantic efforts to signal the aliens go unanswered. The first contact is hostile: the invaders blast a Soviet space station, seize the survivors, and then destroy every dam and installation on Earth with a hail of asteroids. Now the conquerors are descending on the American heartland, demanding servile surrender—or death for all humans. Praise for Footfall “Rousing . . . The best of the genre.”—The New York Times Book Review “Fast-paced.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer
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Footfall, Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle
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- Released
- 1986
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- Title
- Footfall
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle
- Publisher
- Del Rey
- Released
- 1986
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 608
- ISBN10
- 0345323440
- ISBN13
- 9780345323446
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Military Fiction, Wars, Science Fantasy, Post-apocalyptic, Aliens, Planet Earth, Hard Sci-Fi, Invasion
- Rating
- 3.75 out of 5
- Description
- “Nobody does it better than Niven and Pournelle. I loved it!”—Tom Clancy They first appear as a series of dots on astronomical plates, heading from Saturn directly toward Earth. Since the ringed planet carries no life, scientists deduce the mysterious ship to be a visitor from another star. The world's frantic efforts to signal the aliens go unanswered. The first contact is hostile: the invaders blast a Soviet space station, seize the survivors, and then destroy every dam and installation on Earth with a hail of asteroids. Now the conquerors are descending on the American heartland, demanding servile surrender—or death for all humans. Praise for Footfall “Rousing . . . The best of the genre.”—The New York Times Book Review “Fast-paced.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer