A Masterly Tale Of Political Deception From The Most Significant Sf Writer Of The 20th Century World War Iii Is Raging - Or So The Millions Of People Crammed In Their Underground Tanks Believe. For Fiteen Years, Subterranean Humanity Has Been Fed On Daily Broadcasts Of A Never-ending Nuclear Destruction, Sustained By A Belief In The All Powerful Protector. Now Someone Has Gone To The Surface And Found No Destruction, No War. The Authorities Have Been Telling A Massive Lie. Now The Search Begins To Find Out Why.