Description
In the wake of nuclear catastrophe, a “second atomic age” rises under a theocratic regime that has learned to weaponize belief. Science is repackaged as miracle, and minds are subdued through engineered illusion—until a growing current of resistance challenges the carefully maintained story of truth. As power consolidates through brainwashing and manufactured faith, the novel asks what happens when knowledge becomes a tool of control rather than liberation. With Fritz Leiber’s sharp, speculative imagination and a focus on ideology’s psychological grip, this stand-alone work blends dystopian tension with unsettling questions about rebellion, manipulation, and the cost of seeing clearly.
Available Editions
paperback
Wildside Press
Published Feb 1, 2008
248 pages
ISBN: 9781434499387
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Details
First Published
1950
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Gather, Darkness! by Fritz Leiber.