Good condition but not perfect, Cover has minor nicks and tears, spine shows some creases from use. Ask Questions and request photos if your buying for the cover and not the content. STOCK PHOTOS MAY VARY FROM THE ACTUAL ITEM. ACTUAL PHOTOS AVAIL. UPON REQUEST. Additional Details ------------------------------ Product description: The Silent Scream -Imagine what a blessing it would be if we could create silence at the touch of a switch. Imagine great aircraft taking off without so much as a whisper.Imagine great factories each as quiet and as peaceful as a cathedral, yet producing vast amounts of goods, the thunderous roar of machinery stifled by a new kind of science.And suppose, too, that the fearful ravages of radioactive contamination could be similarly insulated. A heaven on earth, you might think ... but suppose the price was the loss of freedom-forever.Only Dr. Palfrey could hear the dying scream of humanity-and only he could meet the desperate challenge ...