Centuries after a worldwide nuclear war has decimated Earth''s population and devastated the land, four opposing pockets of civilisation vie for control of the planet - and of the precious resources that survived the destruction.

Nothing less than the future of Mankind is at stake . . .

A novel of politics and people, adventure and passion, of worlds real and imagined, ORION SHALL RISE is a powerful and utterly enthralling speculation on our global destiny - and a gripping story as only Poul Anderson could write it.