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The shores of death

by Michael Moorcock

On a far-future Earth with a halted rotation, humanity is divided between day, night, and twilight regions. When sudden sterilisation threatens the daylight population with extinction, Clovis Becker must embark on a quest to save the human race.

Accession 9018 ISBN 0583123392 Publisher Mayflower
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