# Shambling Towards Hiroshima

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- Book: [Shambling Towards Hiroshima](https://www.bookquiver.com/james-morrow/shambling-towards-hiroshima) ([Shambling Towards Hiroshima.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/james-morrow/shambling-towards-hiroshima.md))
- Authors: [James Morrow](https://www.bookquiver.com/james-morrow)
- Publisher: gateway
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-05-7508-345-5
- Published: 2013-02-25
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

It is the early summer of 1945, and war reigns in the Pacific Rim with no end in sight. Back in the States, Hollywood B-movie star Syms Thorley lives in a very different world, starring as the Frankenstein-esque Corpuscula, and Kha-Ton-Ra, the living Mummy. But the U. S. Navy has a new role waiting for Thorley, the role of a lifetime. The top secret Knickerbocker Project is putting the finishing touches on the ultimate biological weapon: a breed of gigantic, fire-breathing, proto-Godzillas engineered to stomp and burn cities on the Japanese mainland. The Navy calls upon Thorley to don a rubber suit and become the merciless Gorgantis, starring in a film that simulates the destruction of a miniature Japanese metropolis. If the demonstration succeeds, the Japanese will surrender and many thousands of lives will be spared; if it fails, the horrible mutant lizards must be unleashed. One thing is certain: Syms Thorley must now give the most terrifyingly convincing performance of his life.