#thefallofwinter

[paperbacksciencefiction]

The Fall Of Winter by Jack C. Haldeman II $4 Baen Books (1969) This book is by the late brother of the far better known Joe Haldeman. Terraforming expert Roger Trent was only doing his job: finding out what was preventing a skilled engineering team from turning Frost into an Earth-like world. It was almost as if the planet were resisting their efforts. And their failure left an entire space program in jeopardy. Cover art by Bob Eggleton. . Overall Great Condition, Pages Look Great, Binding Tight, A Few Light Creases In Spine . . . #thefallofwinter #jackchaldemanii #jackchaldeman #paperbacksciencefiction https://www.instagram.com/p/CC8sbFGAYUT/?igshid=1oqd8lohhqwlr

[brooklynislandgirl]

A Walk On Part in the War

@thefallenwinter

Everything about this moment was surreal.  Andy had sent her letters from basic, from winter-training, from flight-school, jump-school and deployment. They described in detail, or at least as much as they could, of his development into para-rescue. All she had to draw on were the men in black uniforms bursting into her bedroom in the dead, tossing a bag at her and ushering her down five flights of stairs into a black SUV. They had ignored her protests and the struggles, promised only retribution if she screamed. She had dressed quickly, and only when they arrived at the tar-mac did any of it even start to make sense. Her father stood waiting, stern as always with his cropped hair and a dark blue pea-coat over his uniform. He only told her that he’d chosen her to do him a favour, something beyond the scope of government oversight, and that he’d explain when she returned. And then they loaded her onto the jet. The hold was mostly bare, just jump-seats, cargo netting and the blinking glow of sensors and instrumentation. She was cut off from the pilot and his mate by thick plating. In the hold with her, there were two black canvas bags devoid of any insignia...and a man. He sat across from her, but the only real details she could make out were that he was a: huge, and b: seemed not to take notice of her at all. She’d barely had time to sit and strap herself in beside him when the jet took off at an alarming rate, not the gentle lift off of most planes, and she was overcome by a sensation of violent illness. Without a thought, she instinctively shut her eyes, bit her tongue to keep herself from being sick, and she clutched the man’s arm in a white knuckle grip.

[paperbacksciencefiction]

The Fall Of Winter by Jack C. Haldeman II $4 Baen Books (1985) This book is by the late brother of the far better known Joe Haldeman. Terraforming expert Roger Trent was only doing his job: finding out what was preventing a skilled engineering team from turning Frost into an Earth-like world. It was almost as if the planet were resisting their efforts. And their failure left an entire space program in jeopardy. Cover art by Bob Eggleton. . Overall Great Condition, Pages Look Great, Binding Tight, A Few Light Creases In Spine . . . #thefallofwinter #jackchaldemanii #jackchaldeman #paperbacksciencefiction https://www.instagram.com/p/B5uxW9hgPn1/?igshid=37qyzupluau6