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Set during the waning years of the Cold War, Trinity’s Child imagines a sudden nuclear confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union. The U.S. has been building a massive military to pressure the Soviet economy, but hardline Soviet leaders launch a preemptive attack before any détente can take root. The novel unfolds over fifteen tense hours as American military leaders and government officials wrestle with the breakdown of military protocols, conflicting claims to the presidency, and the possibility of treason versus survival.
The story exposes the devastating consequences of the doomsday scenario, from ground devastation to the fracturing of national command structures, and forces characters to choose between duty and the very survival of humanity.
First publish date: 1983
Genre: Dystopian & Apocalyptic Fiction/Apocalyptic Fiction
Authors: William W. Prochnau
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