The spaceship dropped them into the night - two men pitted against the mighty empire that held Earth as a slave planet. One was the anonymous agent of the mysterious "munitions firm" supplying weapons to Earth's Underground. The other was Michael Wireman - son of the last president of Free Earth. Their mission was simple -- and suicidal -- to weld the underground guerrilla fighters into a force capable of beating the most powerful army in the Galaxy. Danger and death waited for them on Earth's nightside -- but within him Michael Wireman held the weapon that could conquer Earth. The only trouble was . he didn't know he had it . Mass market paperback; stated first edition so presumed first printing thus. This is a used book. Pages are clean and bright with no markings, notes, or highlighting. Covers show only minor shelf wear and are not creased. No owner's marks or bookplates, not ex-library. Binding is tight and square. Hinges are secure. Price sticker on front cover. Corners not bumped. An excellent reading copy.

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Title: The Falling Torch
Publisher: Jove HBJ
Publication Date: 1978
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0515046493
ISBN 13: 9780515046496
Binding: Soft cover
Illustrator: Eric Ladd
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

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Jove HBJ, 1978. Paperback. This 1958 novel is the story of a conquered Earth's government-in-exile returning to free the home planet.

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Algis Budrys is Lithuanian for Gordon John Sentry, more or less. (He made a deal with his mother not to change his name.) He is the author of ten novels, three short story colletions, and five non-fiction works. he has taught at Columbia (Chicago), Harvard, Brigham Young University, CalTech, the Charles Dickens House in London, Pepperdine University, the Taos experimental Writers of the Future workshop, and the Library of Congress, to name a few, as well as several annual workshops in Moscow, Idaho. He is the editor and publisher of Tomorrow Speculative Fiction magazine.

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