All life on Earth is held hostage by a desperate and ruthless alien race in this âhard-hitting apocalyptic thrillerâ from award-winning author Scott Mackay (Booklist).
The Tarsalans came to Earth hoping to settle on the planet alongside a sympathetic human race. But after years of delicate negotiations, their patience reaches the breaking point and they decide to make their case for immigration terrifyingly clearâby enveloping the planet in a green sphere which blocks out all sunlight.
Without energy from the sun, the Earthâand every living thing on itâis doomed.
Soon, civilization breaks down as the instinct for individual survival shreds humanityâs common bonds. It appears mankind may destroy itself even before the Phytosphere does.
The only hope against catastrophe lies in the troubled connection between two brothersâone stranded at a lunar base on the moon, the other trapped on the dying EarthâŚ
âDeftly juggling hard sci-fi and a bleak tale of post-apocalyptic survivalâ Scott Mackay once again offers an electrifying sci-fi tale of âhigh-tech intrigue and old-fashioned suspenseâ (Publishers Weekly).
All life on Earth is held hostage by a desperate and ruthless alien race in this âhard-hitting apocalyptic thrillerâ from award-winning author Scott Mackay (Booklist).
The Tarsalans came to Earth hoping to settle on the planet alongside a sympathetic human race. But after years of delicate negotiations, their patience reaches the breaking point and they decide to make their case for immigration terrifyingly clearâby enveloping the planet in a green sphere which blocks out all sunlight.
Without energy from the sun, the Earthâand every living thing on itâis doomed.
Soon, civilization breaks down as the instinct for individual survival shreds humanityâs common bonds. It appears mankind may destroy itself even before the Phytosphere does.
The only hope against catastrophe lies in the troubled connection between two brothersâone stranded at a lunar base on the moon, the other trapped on the dying EarthâŚ
âDeftly juggling hard sci-fi and a bleak tale of post-apocalyptic survivalâ Scott Mackay once again offers an electrifying sci-fi tale of âhigh-tech intrigue and old-fashioned suspenseâ (Publishers Weekly).