The initial phase of a thermonuclear war—meaning the first exchange of strategic nuclear strikes—is complete. Mushroom-like plumes of smoke and ash covered the cities; whole regions emptied out; in some places even the terrain changed. The sky is now covered with such an impenetrable canopy of dust and smoke that not even the light of any of the three suns can reach the planet’s surface…
Do you think that now, on the unfortunate planet of Gaia, it has become quiet because the supreme commanders and admirals were horrified by what has been done? Not at all. Orders have been given and carried out long ago and reliably. Naval landing parties from the distant southern continent have reached the north and landed. The tactical phase of the Third Atomic War has begun and is expanding. Million-ton tanks—“battle mountains”—are already moving across the continent, finishing off everything that shows even the slightest signs of life. Who and what can stand against them?..