Books like End in Fire by Syne Mitchell

When the oil fields on India's edge and China's border run dry in 2022, the two superpowers claim the final reserves and global tensions spiral toward war. The world stands on the brink of nuclear conflict that threatens to spill over the atmosphere. Astronaut Claire Logan is on the space station *Reliance*, where she has been stationed to deploy the first solar‑array satellite designed to send free power back to Earth. As the conflict erupts on the ground, Earth is consumed by nuclear explosions. The radiation destroys *Reliance*'s systems and leaves the station doomed to die in days. Stranded and cut off from her husband and young son, Claire refuses to surrender. Miraculously, *Reliance* takes on a rescue mission for a damaged Chinese space station. With the same mission now broader than her original goal, Claire must fight to keep her own station alive, protect the Chinese crew, and stand against the war that has extended beyond Earth's atmosphere.

First publish date: 2005