Deadly Dust, The

Something is wrong with the world, and the evidence is impossible to ignore. Radiation levels are climbing across the United States, fish are dying in vast numbers, and no natural cause fits the facts. In The Deadly Dust, Murray Leinster builds a quiet, relentless mystery where the danger arrives not with explosions, but with numbers on a Geiger counter. As scientists struggle to understand the threat, one unlikely figure emerges as the key to survival. Bud Gregory is a man who wants nothing more than to be left alone, yet his intuitive grasp of physics surpasses anyone alive. While invisible poison drifts on the wind, a race begins to stop a catastrophe no one else even knows is happening. Murray Leinster was one of the most influential writers in science fiction history, shaping the genre long before it had a name. Writing with clarity and authority, he specialized in stories where science creates consequences that feel disturbingly real. Across a career spanning five decades, Leinster explored nuclear anxiety, technological ethics, and global risk with unmatched foresight. The Deadly Dust stands as one of his most unsettling warnings about how quietly civilization can be pushed to the brink.