Thousands of hydrogen bombs, controlled form under the surface of the earth turned the shelter-cities into death traps. Among these cities, in endless dead territories, two wanderers – a man and a woman - were guided by anything except simple humaneness. The plague, the cure and villains – the rescuers of the world.
A story by an outstanding American prose writer, a representative of the “Golden Age” of science fiction. It was published in 1960 and is also known under the title “The Wolf Pair”. This is a small novel, or a long “short story” of a post-apocalyptic anthropogenic world, the action taking place on a rather small territory and all the interesting places which could be visited by the heroes are just mentioned. Nevertheless, this story is one of those which captivate the reader form the very beginning.