The Playback War

Torn from the universe by an insatiable cosmic vortex, Earth is trappedin the grotesque parody of reality called the Maelstrom -- along withthousands of other planets, millions of species, billions of warringcreatures... all swirling toward ultimate destruction.Alexi keeps getting killed. A Neo-Soviet soldier fighting Union troopsand Maelstrom predators, Corporal Alexi Minsk is suddenly relivingbattles, even ones he hasn't yet been in, over and over, as if he'strapped in a warped video game. For the realities of Then, Soon, and Nowhave come unglued, while an enigmatic Zykhee alien keeps trying to warnAlexi that all humanity is doomed. And unless Alexi can fight his waythrough the temporal madness, Earth will be destroyed -- for all time....