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Lucifer's Hammer

by Jerry Pournelle and Larry Niven

Summary

The gigantic comet has slammed into Earth, forging earthquakes a thousand times too powerful to measure on the Richter scale, tidal waves thousands of feet high. Cities were turned into oceans; oceans turned into steam. It was the beginning of a new Ice Age and the end of civilization But for the terrified men and women chance had saved, it was also the dawn of a new struggle for survival—a struggle more dangerous and challenging than any they had ever known….

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Additional Information

Publication Year

1977

Diabetes Type(s)

  • > Type One

Age Group(s)

  • > Adult

Genre(s)

  • > Science Fiction
  • > Dystopian/Post-Apocalyptic

Representation

T1D Side Character

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