No War Tomorrow

The Cold War dread of the 1950s, transposed to the solar system. Captain Frank Sage of the Space Patrol has seen too many worlds burn. Now, on Venus, the colonies are circling the drain, corrupt factions called the 'Big Shots' of Wildoatia are arming themselves to the teeth, and the peace that humanity clawed for is hemorrhaging fast. When the weapons go hot, there won't be a colony left to save. But Sage isn't alone. Sadie Thompson is no damsel in distress, she's sharp, stubborn, and sick of watching men in power play their deadly games. Together, they cook up something radical: a substitute for war itself. It's a long shot. The Big Shots have all the guns, all the money, all the reasons to burn it all down. But sometimes the only way to stop a war is to make it obsolete. Written in 1950s America when the Bomb hung over every dinner table, this is science fiction as anxious allegory, punchy, political, and painfully relevant.