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False Dawn
False Dawn
Author: Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
It is the turn of the twenty-first century. War, disease and pollution have made the earth nearly unfit for human habitation. Food is scarce and what food remains is quickly confiscated by the pirates. One woman named Thea, has eluded the Pirates for years armed only with a crossbow and her pride and common sense.
ISBN-13: 9780385131445
ISBN-10: 0385131445
Publication Date: 1978
Pages: 208
Edition: 1st ed
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Publisher: Doubleday
Book Type: Unknown Binding
Other Versions: Paperback, Hardcover
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Dark. Dated - it was very obviously written in the 1970s. Think "Soylent Green" more than "Planet of the Apes". Having said that, it's a different spin on the post-apocalypse trope and its well written. And none of this happily-ever-after ending stuff either.
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