Vortex (1991)

by Larry Bond, Patrick Larkin (Author)

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In the near future, radicals take over South African, reinstate apartheid, and invade Namibia. When Cuba launches a counterattack on the revolutionaries, the Afrikaners resort to nuclear weapons.

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surprisingly enjoyable, despite (or because of) all the anachronisms (

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goliathonline | Jul 7, 2020 |

South African radicals decide to to invade neighboring country and soon full war is on the way. When the war culminates with exchange of weapons of mass destruction from both sides international community decides to stop the onslaught.[return][return]Great action. (

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Larry Bond	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Larkin, Patrick	Author	main author	all editions	confirmed
Thorpe, Peter	Cover designer	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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Vortex, Part 1 of 2 by Larry Bond

Vortex, Part 2 of 2 by Larry Bond

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New York Times bestseller (Fiction – 1991)

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In the near future, radicals take over South African, reinstate apartheid, and invade Namibia. When Cuba launches a counterattack on the revolutionaries, the Afrikaners resort to nuclear weapons.

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