TY - BOOK AU - Niven, Larry AU - Pournelle, Jerry TI - Footfall SN - 9780345323446 U1 - 823 PY - 1985/// CY - New York PB - A Del Rey Books KW - Fiction KW - Science Fiction KW - Apocalyptic N2 - Men first saw the invader as a series of dots on astronomical plates. It moved in a way that meant it was operating under power, heading from Saturn directly toward Earth. And since no life was possible on Saturn or its moons, the ship had to be a visitor from another star. Mankind's frantic efforts to signal the invader went unanswered. First contact came when the aliens blasted the Soviet space station, seized the survivors and proceeded to destroy every dam and installation on Earth by a rain of asteroids from Space. Now the Snouts are descending on Kansas, demanding servile surrender or death for all humans ER -