The Stone That Never Came Down

John Brunner

Language: English

Science Fiction

Publisher: New English Library

Published: Oct 13, 2013

Pages: 224
ABC: 10

Description:

Europe in the twenty-first century is a stricken continent.

Cities crumble with neglect. Governments topple to military coups. Bands of ‘godheads’ roam the streets armed with plastic crosses. Soon war is bound to break out, and then the world will take the final step towards suicide.

But one man may just have the answer — VC — a new kind of viral drug which has the power to alter drastically, and permanently, the human mind. He knows it will prevent Man’s self-destruction, but is it safe? And does he have the right to take that decision — a decision that will change the destiny of Mankind, by changing the very nature of Man himself.

John Brunner, winner of the British Hugo Award and the French Prix Apollo, has produced yet another masterpiece of futurist fiction.