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b'William Forstchen, the\\xa0New York Times\\xa0bestselling author of\\xa0One Second After, comes\\xa0Pillar to the Sky,\\xa0a towering epic to rank with Douglas Preston\\u2019s\\xa0Blasphemy\\xa0and Michael Crichton\\u2019s\\xa0Prey. \\xa0Pandemic drought, skyrocketing oil prices, dwindling energy supplies and wars of water scarcity threaten the planet. Only four people can prevent global chaos.This journey to the stars will not be easy\\u2014a tumultuous struggle filled with violence and heroism, love and death, spellbinding beauty and heartbreaking betrayal.\\xa0 The stakes could not be higher.\\xa0 Humanity\'s salvation will hang in the balance.\\n\\xa0*William R. Forstchen (born 1950) is an American author who began publishing in 1983 with the novel Ice Prophet. He is a Professor of History and Faculty Fellow at Montreat College, in Montreat, North Carolina. He received his doctorate from Purdue University with specializations in Military History, the American Civil War and the History of Technology.\\xa0Forstchen is the author of more than forty books, including the award winning We Look Like Men of War, a young adult novel about an African-American regiment that fought at the Battle of the Crater, which is based upon his doctoral dissertation, The 28th USCTs: Indiana\\u2019s African-Americans go to War, 1863-1865 and the "Lost Regiment" series which has been optioned by both Tom Cruise and M. Night Shyamalan.'