Long Voyage Back

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by  Luke Rhinehart

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"ASTONISHING ... A TOUR DE FORCE
THAT CATCHES THE READER COM-
PLETELY BY SURPRISE. LONG VOYAGE
. . .
BACK A BIBLE FOR TODAY."
IS
—
Martin Caidin, author of
The Final Countdown
An iron-willed skipper who trusted nothing but the
sea and his ability to master it ... a high-rolling
financier whose fortune was now ashes ... a beauti-
ful woman torn between loyalty and desire ... a
teenage boy and girl, their passions made feverish by
the proximity of death and an unscrupulous
. . .
stranger who could be neither trusted nor aban-
doned.
Apocalypse threw them together. Would the
struggle to survive draw them into a close-knit unit
—
a family ... or make them the deadliest of ene-
mies?
LONG VOYAGE BACK
"SUPERBLY COMPELLING ALMOST IM-
. . .
POSSIBLE TO PUT DOWN. Once in a blue
. . .
moon a novel comes along whose setting is so
unusual, it charms, enchants, or simply compels the
reader into its world. We live for a while as if we
We
were companions to the main characters. partic-
ipate in their conflicts and triumphs the world
. . .
it has created continues to reverberate in our minds
as ifwe had been there. .—. . LONG VOYAGE BACK
is such a book." The Grand Rapids Press

a
NEVER LEARNED SO MUCH FROM A
"I
NOVEL. ... I recommend [it] to anyone even
slightly concerned about nuclear weap—onry, disar-
mament, or war.*' Bestsellers
"AN ENGROSSING TALE. LONG VOYAGE
. . .
BACK SHOULD BE REQUIRED READING."
—
News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
''LONG—VOYAGE BACK is an adventure novel—
fine one but it attempts to do much more and suc-
ceeds at every tur—n."
Roanoke Times World-News
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"ABSORBING AND SOBERING, WELL-
PACED AND FULL OF REALISTIC DETAIL."
—
Publishers Weekly
"At once a great story ofadventure in the traditional
sense . . . and a s—ubtle and sensitiv—e portrayal ofhow
mankind might and might not change if [a nu-
clear war] we—re to break out tomorrow."
The Patriot Ledger (Quincy, Mass.)
"CH—ILLING The—reahty and effects ofnuclear
war on the survivors h—ave never been so honestly
faced." The Ocala Star Banner

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LUKE RHINEHART
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