Cat's Cradle. Penguin Modern Classics. (Used)

By (author): Kurt Vonnegut. Cat's Cradle follows a writer researching the atomic bomb's creation who becomes entangled with the Hoenikker family and travels to the Caribbean island of San Lorenzo, where he encounters ice-nine, a substance that freezes all water on contact. Its accidental release triggers an apocalyptic freeze, leaving a handful of survivors to contemplate humanity's technological hubris.