![]() ![]() And it won't be easy - all the oil used to come from the North so people have to wait to die while finding a way to live.And down at the south end of Australia, the last operational submarine of the US Navy tries to assist the last remaining command anywhere in the world - the Australian Navy's command structure is still in tact - even if they don't have any ships left - due to lack of oil. ![]() And then it started moving south - due to the way the air masses move around the world, the Southern hemisphere got a bit longer - but Death was coming for them all. There is noone left to tell the story - the people that did not die in those first hours died as the radiation settled on the land. It all ended quickly - there was a war, someone threw a bomb, someone returned another and before the dust from the first one cleared, all nuclear arsenals of all nations in the Northern hemisphere were empty - and the end of the world began. Shute disagrees - in his novel humanity is doomed, even if they are not ready to admit it. ![]() What would you do if you know that you will be dead in a few months? What would you do if you know that humanity will disappear shortly after your death? Most authors will tell you a story of struggle and attempt to save humanity. ![]()
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