![]() ![]() As the plague spreads to England, Kirk's frantic search leads him from the desolate tundra of Russia to the ruins of a Nazi camp, the site of unthinkable wartime atrocities. After a British ship's crew and a remote Russian village are wiped out in mysterious and horrible fashion, General Charles Kirk of British Foreign Intelligence sets out to investigate. With a plot featuring Cold War intrigue, Nazi mad scientists, and a pandemic that threatens to destroy humanity by mutating people into fungoid monsters, it is not hard to see why A Scent of New-Mown Hay (1958) became a bestseller on both sides of the Atlantic and an instant science-fiction classic. "Good, insomniac science-fiction." - Listener "I began to read: and then read and read and read." - John Creasey, Books of the Month ![]() T]his is 'must' reading for horror fans." - Calgary Herald a far-reaching plot linking the horror camps of the Nazis, the frozen wastes of Russia and the work of British Secret Intelligence. the best of its kind this season." - Detroit News ![]() "The story has a nightmarish excitement and maintains a brilliant pace. ![]()
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