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The Night of the Long Knives: A Positronic Book
Hardcover
Science FictionClassic FictionLiterary Fiction
ISBN13: 9781515433897
Publisher: Positronic Publishing
Published: Apr 3 2018
Pages: 92
Weight: 0.65
Height: 0.50 Width: 6.20 Depth: 9.10
Language: English
Fritz Leiber's The Night of the Long Knives is a sharp and unsettling work of speculative fiction that explores political power, historical memory, and the fragile nature of democracy. Written during the tense years of the Cold War, Leiber's story presents a future America where the forms of democracy remain-but its substance may already be lost.
The narrative follows a government historian assigned to investigate the origins of a dark and largely forgotten political upheaval known as the Night of the Long Knives. As he digs into suppressed records and fragmentary testimony, the historian begins to uncover disturbing evidence suggesting that the foundations of the modern political order may have been shaped by violence, conspiracy, and the quiet elimination of dissent.
Leiber blends political speculation with psychological tension, creating a story that examines how societies remember-or deliberately forget-the events that shape them. Through its haunting atmosphere and thought-provoking themes, The Night of the Long Knives offers a powerful meditation on power, secrecy, and the rewriting of history.
A master of science fiction, fantasy, and horror, Leiber brings his keen intelligence and literary skill to this chilling vision of political transformation and its hidden consequences.
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