Level 7

Mordecai Roshwald's Level 7 is an apocalyptic science fiction novel that imagines the end of global civilization. The story is told in the form of a diary by Officer X-127, a military officer who has been sent to live in a bomb shelter four thousand feet underground in anticipation of a potential nuclear attack. The book's political message is a little heavy-handed, but the narrative has a slow-burning tension that builds to an unnerving and all-too-realistic conclusion.