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The trigger / Arthur C. Clarke & Michael Kube-McDowell

In the mid-21st century, scientists develop a device that triggers the premature detonation of nitrate-based explosives. The lead inventor faces moral trade-offs and dangerous opposition while attempting to keep the technology out of violent hands.
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