FIRST EDITION

Made in the United States of America


To Laura Lee


Contents

[Of Men of Science]
[Chapter 1. The Comet]
[Chapter 2. Breakdown]
[Chapter 3. Power Failure]
[Chapter 4. Disaster Spreads]
[Chapter 5. Thief]
[Chapter 6. The Scientist]
[Chapter 7. Dust from the Stars]
[Chapter 8. Attack]
[Chapter 9. Judgment]
[Chapter 10. Victory of the Dust]
[Chapter 11. The Animals Are Sick]
[Chapter 12. Decontamination]
[Chapter 13. Stay Out of Town!]
[Chapter 14. Mobilization]
[Chapter 15. Battle]
[Chapter 16. Black Victory]
[Chapter 17. Balance of Nature]
[Chapter 18. Witchcraft]
[Chapter 19. Conquest of the Comet]
[Chapter 20. Reconstruction]
[About the Author]


Of Men of Science

The story of man is the story—endlessly repeated—of a struggle: between light and darkness, between knowledge and ignorance, between good and evil, between men who would build and men who would destroy. It is no more complicated than this.