The Ultimate Weapon
Start Publishing LLC · Print & ebook · March 20, 2013
A Science Fiction pick for readers exploring The Ultimate Weapon.
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- Who it’s for
- For readers interested in alien invasions and Earth's defense against them
- Themes
- Alien invasion, Earth's defense, Migration
- Genres
- Space Opera, Military Sci-Fi, Alien Contact
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The star Mira was unpredictably variable. Sometimes it was blazing, brilliant and hot. Other times it was oddly dim, cool, shedding little warmth on its many planets. Gresth Gkae, leader of the Mirans, was seeking a better star, one to which his "people" could migrate. That star had to be steady, reliable, with a good planetary system. And in his astronomical searching, he found Sol.
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With hundreds of ships, each larger than whole Terrestrial spaceports, and traveling faster than the speed of light, the Mirans set out to move in to Solar regions and take over. And on Earth there was nothing which would be capable of beating off this incredible armada-until Buck Kendall stumbled upon THE ULTIMATE WEAPON.
Where it sits
| Space Opera | 95% |
|---|---|
| Alien Contact | 53% |
| Military Sci-Fi | 39% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Space Exploration Fiction
- Authors
- John W. Campbell
- Publisher
- Start Publishing LLC
- Published
- March 20, 2013
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Alien invasion · Earth's defense · Migration
- Reading lane
- Space Exploration Fiction