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Master of life and death

by Robert Silverberg

Roy Walton manages Earth's overpopulation crisis while navigating alien threats and the discovery of an immortality serum. He is tasked with resolving these interlocking pressures to ensure human survival on a planet with dwindling resources.

Accession 8894 ISBN 0586045635 Publisher Granada
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