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Cover by Jean-Félix Lyon kindle - nook epub or pdf through personal e-mail delivery (please specify which format you prefer when you order): $5.99   ILLA'S END by José Moselli adapted by Brian Stableford "Our victory is certain. Our soldiers and airmen employ the zero-stone, which, exposed to a certain temperature, releases the energy contained in matter and provokes explosions that annihilate all life within a given radius. We haven't yet made use of that invention of mine, for sentimental reasons that are now obsolete..." US$18.95/GBP 10.99 5x8 tpb, 188 pages ISBN-13: 978-1-61227-031-9 Illa's End (1925) begins with the emergence of a new island on which are found a cache of ancient documents and a small fragment of "zero-stone." A scientist manages to decypher the documents, which tell the tale of the apocalyptic clash between the lost Gondwanan cities of Illa and Nour. Illa's End features an array of impressive technological predictions, such as atom bombs, solar-powered cities, force fields, and flying saucers, but also a grim catalog of social predictions. The Illans are served by genetically-augmented apes and live under a war-like fascist dictatorship. José Moselli not only anticipated the horrors of World War II, but he was the first to equate nuclear conflict with mutual annihilation. Brian M. Stableford has been a professional writer since 1965. He has published more than 60 science fiction and fantasy novels, as well as several authoritative non-fiction books. He is also translating the works of Paul Féval and other French writers of the fantastique for Black Coat Press which also published his most two recent fantasy novels: The New Faust at the Tragicomique, The Wayward Muse and The Stones of Camelot. Contents: La Fin d'Illa [Illa's End] (1925) Introduction and Notes by Brian Stableford.