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‘Arthur Clarke is one of the true geniuses of our time’
Ray Bradbury
‘Arthur C. Clarke is the prophet of the space age’
The Times
‘A one-man literary Big Bang, Clarke has originated his own vast and teeming futurist universe’
Sunday Times
‘Kube-McDowell is reminiscent of Arthur C. Clarke at his best’
Newsday
‘Kube-McDowell is an author to be reckoned with’
Greg Bear
Without war, we’d hardly have any history. Without murder, we’d hardly have any fiction. Then along came the Trigger ... the only true promise of peace that technology has ever devised.
From the legendary Arthur C. Clarke, in collaboration with Michael Kube-McDowell of Star Wars fame, comes a chilling day-after-tomorrow thriller of huge vision and startling menace.
Jeffrey Horton of Terabyte Laboratories is the brilliant, driven and idealistic scientist responsible for the discovery of the Trigger. It was an accidental discovery: Horton was hoping to build the analogue of a laser for gravity. Instead, his experimental gravity-boson emitter, when fired up for the first time, triggered all nearby explosive material. In that moment, an end to the power of the gun became feasible. In future, a firearm – or a bomb – could be made powerless to harm the innocent.
Karl Brohier, Horton’s boss and a Nobel Prive winner, has to decide what to do with the Trigger. Patriotism dictates he and Horton hand over the science to the Pentagon. Idealism demands the invention be given to the whole world, regardless of politics. But what haunts Brohier is the fear that with one wrong word to the wrong person, a convoy of black vans filled with Special Operations troops will swoop down on the Terabyte campus and cart away everything, including himself and Horton. So Brohier takes news of the Trigger direct to the White House.
President Mark Breland, former star pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies, has a record of integrity and liberalism. He would rather be wrong in a hurry than agonize his way to a state of ambivalence, and he promises Horton and Brohier that the Trigger will be made available to the world. The Pentagon regards Breland’s promise as wrong to the point of being treasonous. It involves disarming the military!
In a world where violence has reached epidemic proportions, no one can be trusted. Too many people have a stake in the business of violence to give peace a chance.
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Buchbeschreibung First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: 550 p. ; 25 cm. Subjects: Inventions United States Fiction. 1 Kg. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 254648
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Buchbeschreibung First edition. Zustand: fine/fine. 1st Voyager 1999 edition hardcover, fine book & fine price clipped dw (dust jacket) In stock shipped from our UK warehouse. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 132485
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Buchbeschreibung First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: 550 p. ; 25 cm. Subjects: Inventions United States Fiction. 1 Kg. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 254648
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Buchbeschreibung Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. Voyager 1999 First Edition First Printing Bruised at top and base of spine and page edges lightly browned else Fine book in like Dust Jacket ''. Jeffrey Horton of Terabyte Laboratories is the brilliant, driven and idealistic scientist responsible for the discovery of the Trigger. his prototype, when fired up for the first time, triggered all nearby explosive material. In that moment, an end to the power of the gun became feasible. In future, a firearm - or a bomb - could be made powerless to harm the innocent. ''. Book. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 113159
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Buchbeschreibung Hard Cover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight tanning to lower page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with creasing to upper and lower edges. 550pp. A brilliant scientist unexpectedly invents a mechanism to explode all nearby munitions, thus rendering guns and bombs useless. But then the problems start. We do not use stock photos, the picture displayed is of the actual book for sale. Every one of our books is in stock in the UK ready for immediate delivery. Size: 9.5 x 6.25 inches. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 024963
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Buchbeschreibung Hardback. 1st Edition. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Near Fine copy in Very Good dustjacket. Dustjacket is now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. 550 pages. A day-after-tomorrow thriller from Arthur C. Clarke and Michael Kube-McDowell of 'Star Wars' fame. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 307645
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Buchbeschreibung Hardback. fine hardcover copy in a fine dustwrapper 1st UK edition. Without war, weÆd hardly have any history. Without murder, weÆd hardly have any fiction. Then along came the Trigger à the only true promise of peace that technology has ever devised. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers FN16.220
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