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In Jeff Carlson’s debut science‑fiction novel, a nanotechnology intended to fight cancer devolves into the Machine Plague, wiping out nearly five billion people and reshaping Earth’s future. The plague’s only known weakness is a self‑destruct mechanism activated at altitudes above ten thousand feet. Survivors scramble to reach the sky, battling famine, war, and a collapsing biosphere. Humanity’s last glimmer of hope lies with a leading nanotech researcher aboard the International Space Station and a small California group willing to undertake a perilous descent beneath the deadly threshold.
First publish date: 2007
Genre: Science Fiction/Hard Science Fiction
Authors: Jeff Carlson
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