Sci-fi

Shield

by Poul Anderson
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Description

Koskinen had returned to earth with a strange new "Shield" - a device which enclosed the wearer in a force shield which absorbed all energies below a certain level. Light could come through the Shield, but no weapon known to man could penetrate it Koskinen had developed the Shield in collaboration with the Martians. From the moment of his return to earth he was in deadly danger. His own country sent men to kill him to prevent the Shield from falling into enemy hands Soon the whole civilised world was searching for this one man - a man armed with the greatest potential military weapon mankind had ever seenthe only question was which power would possess the Shield as its very own?

What it’s like

ViolenceStandard
CombatSkirmish-Heavy

Details

First published
April 1963
Pages
158
Reading time
About 3 hours
Format
Novel
Audience
Adult
Publisher
Berkley
Language
English
ISBN
9780425018620
Series
Standalone

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