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Venus has exploded.

Showering Earth with radiation and bizarre particles that wipe out all the crops and half the life in the oceans.

Suddenly, the ground itself begins melting into pools of dust that grow larger every day. For what has demolished Venus, and now threatens Earth itself, is part…

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1 author picked Moonseed as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Strange moon dust...Earth faces destruction…people must evacuate, but where can they go? This is hard science fiction, which I devoured with relish before that dust devoured me.

The story is so real and plausible that I became caught up with the principal characters when everybody realized Earth faces doom. Broad in scope, the novel touched something deep within me when I considered the scenario. How would I make peace with myself and others when staring at death?

That is what this book brings into sharp relief: family against family, nation against nation, eager to exploit the ‘final solution’ against an…

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