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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent and thought provoking fiction., 26 Jan 2007

By	B. Adlington (Lincolnshire) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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This is one of the best works of fiction I have read for some time and well deserves reprinting. The Russians, unable to keep up with American military expenditure in the late 80's decide to launch a limited nuclear strike to even the odds. As soon as the strike is launched they contact the American President to explain their actions and give them the chance to retaliate in kind to cause a similar amount of damage. Unfortunately this goes wrong and with millions of dead and communications down it seems that the world is sliding out of control towards full nuclear war and armageddon.
Prochnau takes us through the detail of how nuclear war starts, and even how both sides hoped to manage it with sufficient detail to keep you interested, and horrified in what our elected leaders had in mind for our world back then at the height of the cold war. Where his writing skill comes in is the way in which he makes this readable, entertaining and compelling at the same time. He doesn't dwell on the damage, horror or suffering caused by the bombs but the reader will still understand fully what has happened around the world by seeing it through the eyes of the politicians and military leaders who are trying to win or contain the war. The human side of this inhuman conflict is put across by focussing on the crew of Polar Bear One, an American B52 bomber scrambled only moments before their base is destroyed by a nuclear missile. We are taken on a disturbing and intimate ride through the minds and lives of this bomber crew who know full well what they are expected to do with their nuclear weapons over Russia and that they will not return from their one way, suicide mission.
Anybody who has seen the film of the book (By Dawn's Early Light) will know what happens but this book is better, deeper and more terrible than the film and had me gripped right until the last page.
If you like a well written and paced thriller find yourself a copy of Trinity's Child, you won't regret it.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Hope it never happens, 14 Mar 2003

By	Luke (England) - See all my reviews

I never read war stories but this was strongly recommended to me by a trusted friend. This is a book to read in one long session. I couldn't bear to put it down until the end. The story is basically a realistic portrait of what would happen in the event of a nuclear war. Not the aftermath but the confusion and madness surrounding the build up and initial attacks, and it is the most frightening book I have ever read. From the misunderstandings, chaos and ministarial stupidity leading up to the outbreak through to the mindless pilots flying off to Russia to carry out a bombing raid from which they'll never return this is a dark doom laden book but thouroughly gripping.

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