Book description
The six hundred passengers and crew members aboard a jumbo jetliner are left without a destination and a country when nuclear war breaks out and spreads devastation around the world.
A collapsed economy and an increasingly savage society were causing thousands to abandon America. Captain Jonah Scott was a pilot,…
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1 author picked Down to a Sunless Sea as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
The concept of life and death after a world war is given a twist when cold and darkness are more lethal than nuclear, chemical, or biological residues. Many of the most prominent characters are civilian airline pilots and other aviation professionals. I’ve spent much of my life around military and civil aviation. I don’t encounter characters like these very frequently. I like the way the author drew upon the knowledge and skills of these people to save humanity’s future.
From Justin's list on the environmental impacts of war.
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