Slow Apocalypse

by John Varley

Book Overview

Despite wars with Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as 9/11, the United States' dependence on foreign oil has kept the nation tied to the Middle East. A scientist has developed a cure for America's addiction--a slow-acting virus that feeds on petroleum, turning it solid. But he didn't consider that his contagion of an Iraqi oil field could spread to infect the fuel supply of the entire world... In Los Angeles, screenwriter Dave Marshall heard this scenario...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0441017576
• ISBN13: 9780441017577
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Ace Books
• Length: 438 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.2" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher