Description:
On the Beach by Nevil ShuteISBN-13: 9780345248305
ISBN-10: 0345248309
Publication Date: 8/12/1975
Fourth printing
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Paperback
4.15 x 7 inches, 279 pages
Following the war, a radioactive cloud begins to sweep southwards poisoning everything in its path. An American submarine captain is among the survivors left sheltering in Australia, preparing with the locals for the inevitable. Despite his memories of his wife, he becomes close to a young woman struggling to accept the harsh realities of their situation. Then a Morse code signal is picked up and the submarine must set sail through the bleak ocean to search for signs of life.
