Ballroom of the Skies Author:John D. MacDonald Have you ever stopped to wonder why the world is eternally war-torn? Why men of good will, seeking only peace, are driven relentlessly to further disaster? MacDonlad's novel suggests a strange and sinister explanation. — The story is set in an intricate future society, in which India rules the globe. The First Atomic War has just ended, and a... more »lready momentum is clearly building for the second. People shrug. War is man's nature, they think. Until Drake Lorin discovers the aliens living among us, and begins to divine their sinister purpose.« less