β Scribed by Sturgeon, Theodore
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
From a flaming sky, heat seared Earthβs surface and cast forests and mighty cities flared and died. In a few weeks, mankind would be burned from the face of the planet.
There was only one desperate chanceβand only one man desperate enough to take itβNelson, the βMad Admiral.β Defying his government and the nations of the world, Nelson drove the giant atomic submarine Seaview halfway around the globe to a grim rendezvous with Destiny. Unknown monsters of the deep barred his wayβforeign warships hunted himβsabotages delayed himβbut Nelson bulled and slashed his way through. Then, at the crucial moment, when disaster struck and the world seemed doomed, Admiral Nelson launched his βmadβ plan!
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