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Darkness and Dawn

George Allan England · Public domain text

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Author
George Allan England (1877–1936)
Language
English
Subjects
Science fiction
Length
187,787 words · about 13 h 9 min
Sections
107 reader sections · Table of contents
Contents (107)
  1. Opening under 1 min
  2. I. The Vacant World under 1 min
  3. II. Beyond The Great Oblivion about 1 min
  4. III. The Afterglow about 1 min
  5. I. THE AWAKENING about 6 min
  6. II. REALIZATION about 5 min
  7. III. ON THE TOWER PLATFORM about 7 min
  8. IV. THE CITY OF DEATH about 7 min
  9. V. EXPLORATION about 7 min
  10. VI. TREASURE-TROVE about 9 min
  11. VII. THE OUTER WORLD about 8 min
  12. VIII. A SIGN OF PERIL about 5 min
  13. IX. HEADWAY AGAINST ODDS about 8 min
  14. X. TERROR about 7 min
  15. XI. A THOUSAND YEARS! about 9 min
  16. XII. DRAWING TOGETHER about 7 min
  17. XIII. THE GREAT EXPERIMENT about 6 min
  18. XIV. THE MOVING LIGHTS about 6 min
  19. XV. PORTENTS OF WAR about 5 min
  20. XVI. THE GATHERING OF THE HORDES about 5 min
  21. XVII. STERN'S RESOLVE about 5 min
  22. XVIII. THE SUPREME QUESTION about 4 min
  23. XIX. THE UNKNOWN RACE about 6 min
  24. XX. THE CURIOSITY OF EVE about 6 min
  25. XXI. EVE BECOMES AN AMAZON about 5 min
  26. XXII. GODS! about 5 min
  27. XXIII. THE OBEAH about 6 min
  28. XXIV. THE FIGHT IN THE FOREST about 5 min
  29. XXV. THE GOAL, AND THROUGH IT about 5 min
  30. XXVI. BEATRICE DARES about 7 min
  31. XXVII. TO WORK! about 5 min
  32. XXVIII. THE PULVERITE about 6 min
  33. XXIX. THE BATTLE ON THE STAIRS about 5 min
  34. XXX. CONSUMMATION about 7 min
  35. I. BEGINNINGS about 6 min
  36. II. SETTLING DOWN about 7 min
  37. III. THE MASKALONGE about 5 min
  38. IV. THE GOLDEN AGE about 11 min
  39. V. DEADLY PERIL about 8 min
  40. VI. TRAPPED! about 7 min
  41. VII. A NIGHT OF TOIL about 9 min
  42. VIII. THE REBIRTH OF CIVILIZATION about 9 min
  43. IX. PLANNING THE GREAT MIGRATION about 13 min
  44. X. TOWARD THE GREAT CATARACT about 7 min
  45. XI. THE PLUNGE! about 5 min
  46. XII. TRAPPED ON THE LEDGE about 9 min
  47. XIII. ON THE CREST OF THE MAELSTROM about 11 min
  48. XIV. A FRESH START about 8 min
  49. XV. LABOR AND COMRADESHIP about 8 min
  50. XVI. FINDING THE BIPLANE about 9 min
  51. XVII. ALL ABOARD FOR BOSTON! about 8 min
  52. XVIII. THE HURRICANE about 8 min
  53. XIX. WESTWARD HO! about 9 min
  54. XX. ON THE LIP OF THE CHASM about 11 min
  55. XXI. LOST IN THE GREAT ABYSS about 11 min
  56. XXII. LIGHTS! about 7 min
  57. XXIII. THE WHITE BARBARIANS about 8 min
  58. XXIV. THE LAND OF THE MERUCAANS about 8 min
  59. XXV. THE DUNGEON OF THE SKELETONS about 7 min
  60. Chapter XXVI about 11 min
  61. XXVII. DOOMED! about 10 min
  62. XXVIII. THE BATTLE IN THE DARK about 11 min
  63. XXIX. SHADOWS OF WAR about 9 min
  64. XXX. EXPLORATION about 10 min
  65. XXXI. ESCAPE? about 8 min
  66. XXXII. PREPARATIONS about 8 min
  67. XXXIII. THE PATRIARCH'S TALE about 9 min
  68. XXXIV. THE COMING OF KAMROU about 11 min
  69. XXXV. FACE TO FACE WITH DEATH about 11 min
  70. XXXVI. GAGE OF BATTLE about 7 min
  71. XXXVII. THE FINAL STRUGGLE about 7 min
  72. XXXVIII. THE SUN OF SPRING about 8 min
  73. I. DEATH, LIFE, AND LOVE about 6 min
  74. II. EASTWARD HO! about 6 min
  75. III. CATASTROPHE! about 9 min
  76. Chapter IV about 6 min
  77. V. THE SEARCH FOR THE RECORDS about 8 min
  78. VI. TRAPPED! about 6 min
  79. VII. THE LEADEN CHEST about 10 min
  80. VIII. TILL DEATH US DO PART about 6 min
  81. IX. AT SETTLEMENT CLIFFS about 9 min
  82. X. SEPARATION about 10 min
  83. Chapter XI about 9 min
  84. XII. CHALLENGED! about 8 min
  85. XIII. THE RAVISHED NEST about 11 min
  86. XIV. ON THE TRAIL OF THE MONSTER about 7 min
  87. XV. IN THE GRIP OF TERROR about 4 min
  88. XVI. A RESPITE FROM TOIL about 7 min
  89. XVII. THE DISTANT MENACE about 9 min
  90. XVIII. THE ANNUNCIATION about 10 min
  91. XIX. THE MASTER OF HIS RACE about 7 min
  92. XX. DISASTER! about 8 min
  93. XXI. ALLAN RETURNS NOT about 7 min
  94. XXII. THE TREASON OF H'YEMBA about 9 min
  95. XXIII. THE RETURN OF THE MASTER about 8 min
  96. XXIV. THE BOY IS GONE! about 6 min
  97. XXV. THE FALL OF H'YEMBA about 9 min
  98. XXVI. THE COMING OF THE HORDE about 8 min
  99. XXVII. WAR! about 6 min
  100. XXVIII. THE BESOM OF FLAME about 7 min
  101. XXIX. ALLAN'S NARRATIVE about 9 min
  102. XXX. INTO THE FIRE-SWEPT WILDERNESS about 7 min
  103. XXXI. A STRANGE APPARITION about 12 min
  104. XXXII. THE MEETING OF THE BANDS about 9 min
  105. XXXIII. FIVE YEARS LATER about 8 min
  106. XXXIV. HISTORY AND ROSES about 7 min
  107. XXXV. THE AFTERGLOW about 7 min

The opening of II. Beyond The Great Oblivion

I. Beginnings
II. Settling Down
III. The Maskalonge
IV. The Golden Age
V. Deadly Peril
VI. Trapped!
VII. A Night of Toil
VIII. The Rebirth of Civilization
IX. Planning the Great Migration
X. Toward the Great Cataract
XI. The Plunge!
XII. Trapped on the Ledge
XIII. On the Crest of the Maelstrom
XIV. A Fresh Start
XV. Labor and Comradeship
XVI. Finding the Biplane
XVII. All Aboard for Boston!
XVIII. The Hurricane
XIX. Westward Ho!
XX. On the Lip of the Chasm
XXI. Lost in the Great Abyss
XXII. Lights!
XXIII. The White Barbarians
XXIV. The Land of the Merucaans
XXV. The Dungeon of the Skeletons
XXVI. "You Speak English!"
XXVII. Doomed!
XXVIII. The Battle in the Dark
XXIX. Shadows of War
XXX. Exploration
XXXI. Escape?
XXXII. Preparations
XXXIII. The Patriarch's Tale
XXXIV. The Coming of Kamrou
XXXV. Face to Face with Death
XXXVI. Gage of Battle
XXXVII. The Final Struggle
XXXVIII. The Sun of Spring

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