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The Abyss

The Abyss

by Orson Scott Card

Nuclear warfareFictionNuclear submarinesFiction, general
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From the back cover: ON THE PLANET EARTH IS A REALM MORE AWESOME THAN OUTER SPACE Deep in the Caribbean Sea, a U.S. nuclear submarine mysteriously spins out of control. When a U.S. Navy SEAL team and the crew of DEEPCORE -- an underwater oil drilling station -- dive down to investigate, they are trapped at the edge of a vast underwater trench. Now, as the world above stands poised on the brink of nuclear destruction, they prepare to enter....

Themes & subjects

Nuclear warfareFictionNuclear submarinesFiction, general

About the author

Orson Scott Card
Orson Scott Card

August 24, 1951

Orson Scott Card is an American novelist, critic, public speaker, essayist and columnist. He writes in several genres but is known best for science fiction. His novel Ender's Game (1985) and its sequel Speaker for the Dead (1986) both won Hugo and Nebula Awards, making Card the only author to win both science fiction's top U.S. prizes in consecutive years.

Author

Orson Scott Card

Pages

368

Read time

≈ 9h

Editions

10

Languages

English, French, German

Publisher

Bastei Lübbe

ISBN

9780099690603

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