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When a boy stumbles upon an old box in a dump site, he finds it full of strange optical devices. One intricate mechanism, containing disks of images, endlessly displays scenes of destruction and the collapse of civilizations. Though terrified, the boy cannot resist watching the shifting images again and again, drawn into a haunting vision of end‑of‑the‑world scenarios.
First publish date: 2000
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Adventure
Authors: Gary Crew
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