In the 21st Century the face of war had changed. Atomic weapons -- out! Bazookas and rockets -- nyet! Machine guns -- maybe. The newest secret weapon -- gliders! East and West had managed an uneasy truce in the arms race by banning ail weapons developed before 1900 -- and restricting wars to local disputes between corporations or companies and unions.

It was a crazy way of doing things -- but it worked...until an ambitious Major upset the apple cart, and threw the world's peace into deadly peril! In this exciting picture of the next century, veteran science-fiction writer MACK REYNOLDS combines mastery of a unique setting with a fast-action story of combat and intrigue.