Chain Reaction
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Fair. Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage, fading and rubbing throughout, with creasing and edge wear. Page Condition: yellowed. Markings: No visible markings. Binding: Appears intact. Stickers/Labels: None visible.
A gripping Cold War-era thriller, Chain Reaction by Christopher Hodder-Williams presents a chilling narrative of nuclear dread and mass panic, set against the anxious backdrop of the atomic age. The novel chronicles the terrifying consequences that unfold when a population is exposed to the spectre of radiation danger, tracking the cascading human responses — fear, chaos, and survival instinct — that give the book its title. Hodder-Williams, a British author known for his techno-thrillers rooted in scientific plausibility, crafts a tense and urgent story that argues powerfully for the fragility of civilised order under existential threat. Written with immediacy and moral weight, this is a novel that resonates far beyond its era, confronting readers with the very real human cost of the nuclear arms race.
Author: Christopher Hodder-Williams
Format: Hardback
Published: 1959, Hodder & Stoughton, London
Genre: Thriller
Condition remarks:
Condition: Fair. Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage, fading and rubbing throughout, with creasing and edge wear. Page Condition: yellowed. Markings: No visible markings. Binding: Appears intact. Stickers/Labels: None visible.
A gripping Cold War-era thriller, Chain Reaction by Christopher Hodder-Williams presents a chilling narrative of nuclear dread and mass panic, set against the anxious backdrop of the atomic age. The novel chronicles the terrifying consequences that unfold when a population is exposed to the spectre of radiation danger, tracking the cascading human responses — fear, chaos, and survival instinct — that give the book its title. Hodder-Williams, a British author known for his techno-thrillers rooted in scientific plausibility, crafts a tense and urgent story that argues powerfully for the fragility of civilised order under existential threat. Written with immediacy and moral weight, this is a novel that resonates far beyond its era, confronting readers with the very real human cost of the nuclear arms race.