Larger	The Jungle/Clash by Night - 2 Books in 1 Author: David Drake
	Book Information Publisher: Tom Doherty Assoc Llc Book Type: Paperback Rating: 5 ISBN-13: 9780812501988 - ISBN-10: 0812501985 Publication Date: 11/15/1992 Pages: 282

Drake ( Surface Action ) enters a future originally mapped by SF master Henry Kuttner in "Clash by Night," a 1943 novella-length story that is also printed here. earth having become a radioactive cinder, humanity has fled to a "terraformed" Venus, where people live under the oceans in Keeps that battle one another with mercenary fleets. Drake writes of one small but fatally significant incident in one battle: Their torpedoboat wrecked, Commanding Officer Brainard and Officer-Trainee Wilding must move their men through a jungle to safety. Each officer, almost paralyzed with fear, misinterprets lucky breaks as bold and calculated moves on the other's part.