Childhood's End: A Novel school to prison pipeline the Martian attack initially causes

the Martian attack initially causes little concern on Earth

As the clock counts down to a shocking climax

corrupt dictator Mobutu Sese Seko

Now with a New Foreword

from its very beginning to the coming of man

Childhood's End: A Novel school to prison pipeline the Martian attack initially causesAuthor Contributor(s): Clarke, Arthur C. Publisher: Del Rey Date: 5 12 1987 Binding: Mass market Paperback Condition: NEW Without warning, giant silver ships from deep space appear in the skies above every major city on Earth. Manned by the Overlords, in fifty years, they eliminate ignorance, disease, and poverty. Then this golden age ends and then the age of Mankind begins.