Set in Europe devastated by thirty years of incessant warfare, this is the story of a small band of soldiers, led by the courageous and charismatic Lieutenant. Betrayed by the corrupt government and its military pawns who started and perpetuated the conflict, the Lieutenant and his men fight against overhelming odds to salvage what they can of their lives and their civilization.
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[The novel] grimly describes a world devastated by many wars in which a young army officer becomes dictator of the UK, which he organizes to fend off a decadent USA. It cannot be denied that the book veers extremely close to the fascism its text explicitly disavows. [Encyclopedia of Science Fiction]
First published in Astounding Science-Fiction, sr3, April-June 1940; book - 1948.
- Autor: L. Ron Hubbard
- Kategoria: fantastyka, fantasy, science fiction
- Język: angielski
- ISBN: 0884046516
- Data wydania: 1991-01-01
- Liczba stron: 218
- Ocena: 0,0
- Wydawnictwo: Bridge Publications
