Author(s): Arthur C. Clarke

Science Fiction and Fantasy

In the year 2110 technology has curedmost of our worries. But even as humankind entersa new golden age, an amateur astronomer pointshis telescope at just the right corner of the nightsky and sees disaster hurtling toward Earth: achunk of rock that could annihilate civilization.While a few fanatics welcome the apocalypticdestruction as a sign from God, the greatestscientific minds of Earth desperately search for a way toavoid the inevitable. On board the starshipGoliath Captain Robert Singh and his crew must raceagainst time to redirect the meteor form its deadlycollision course. Suddenly they find themselveson the most important mission in human history--amission whose success may require the ultimatesacrifice."