A full color glossy book about the cosmic impact hazard with a foreword by Andrea Carusi and Brian Marsden and an afterword by Arthur C Clarke.

Although the book is divided into eight chapters, the real division is the two page, one spread, one idea presentation. As such, it is extremely easy reading, and ideas can be gleaned in small parcels, which the average layperson will find ideal.

The chapters are:

1 The Cosmic Beehive
2 Craters, Craters, Everywhere
3 Target Earth
4 Rain from Space
5 Not a New Idea
6 Are We Sitting Ducks?
7 Project Spaceguard
8 Taking A Closer Look

The author's intimate knowledge of the field provides details of people and places, of history and ideas that make this a very useful non-technical reference as well as coffee table material.