# The Green Hills of Earth

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- Book: [The Green Hills of Earth](https://www.bookquiver.com/robert-heinlein/the-green-hills-of-earth) ([The Green Hills of Earth.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/robert-heinlein/the-green-hills-of-earth.md))
- Authors: [Robert Heinlein](https://www.bookquiver.com/robert-heinlein)
- Publisher: gateway
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-05-7511-311-4
- Published: 2014-12-22
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

Nine ships blasted off from Moon Base. Once in space, eight of them formed a globe around the smallest. They held this formation all the way to Earth. The small ship displayed the insignia of an admiral - yet there was no living thing of any sort in her. She was not even a passenger ship, but a drone, a robot ship intended for radioactive cargo. This trip she carried nothing but a lead coffin - and a Geiger counter that was never quiet.