M. O'Donnell represent two faces of the same coin—each brings an incisive and satiric wit to science fiction. Neville became instantly famous with the appearance of Cold War twenty years ago; O'Donnell wth the appearance of Final War in 1968. That each should have chosen to attack the same theme in their springboards to acclaim is another similarity in their character; hopefully, the collaboration begun with the following story will be repeated many times in the future. PACEM EST Kris Neville and K. M. O’Donnell God, in his heavens, was lonely. I For four days the dead nun lay under the barbed wire in a cold luminescence that seemed to be candlelight. In a stricken way, she seemed at peace; she seemed to have located an answer. II Hawkins was himself obsessed with answers at that period and he passed her twice each day, admiring the way she had taken to death: the cold frieze of her features under the stars, the slight, stony chasms of her cheek coming out against the wide brown eyes.
