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| Author | William Brinkley |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Neil Stuart (1988) |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Post-apocalyptic |
| Publisher | Viking Press (hardcover) Ballantine Books (paperback) |
Publication date | March 1988 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardcover and paperback) |
| Pages | 624 |
| ISBN | 0-670-80981-0 (hardcover) ISBN 0-345-35982-8 (paperback) ISBN 978-0-14-218143-0 (eBook) |
| OCLC | 16682861 |
| 813/.54 19 | |
| LC Class | PS3503.R56175 L37 1988 |
The Last Ship is a 1988 post-apocalyptic fiction novel by American writer William Brinkley. The Last Ship tells the story of a United States Navy guided missile destroyer, the fictional USS Nathan James (DDG-80), on patrol in the Barents Sea during a brief, full-scale nuclear war between the United States and the Soviet Union. It details the ship's ensuing search for a new home for her crew.
An eponymous television series loosely based on the novel aired from 2014 to 2018 on the TNT network.