The peace war
By: Vernor Vinge
Publisher: Baen Books; Distributed by Simon & Schuster
Published: 1985
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 378
ISBN-13: 9780671559656
Description: Quintessential hard-science adventure. The Peace Authority conquered the world with a weapon that never should have been a weapon--the "bobble," a spherical force-field impenetrable by any force known to mankind. Encasing governmental installations and military bases in bobbles, the Authority becomes virtually omnipotent. But they've never caught Paul Hoehler, the maverick who invented the technology, and who has been working quietly for decades to develop a way to defeat the Authority. With the help of an underground network of determined, independent scientists and a teenager who may be the apprentice genius he's needed for so long, he will shake the world ...
Notes: Reprint. Previously published: New York : Bluejay Books, 1984.