Border, Breed Nor Birth

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Border, Breed Nor Birth

by Mack Reynolds

EN·~4 hours·10 chapters

Chapters

10 total

Transcriber's Note:

0:22

by Mack Reynolds

0:02

I

33:41

II

27:45

III

27:45

IV

42:35

V

28:47

VI

28:34

VII

1:01:09

Epilogue

4:07

Description

In the blistering emptiness of the Sahara, a fledgling rebellion led by the charismatic El Hassan scraps for survival against an overwhelming coalition of world powers. A rag‑tag team of pilots, engineers, and desert natives—among them the pragmatic Bey‑ag‑Akhamouk, the quick‑thinking Homer Crawford, and the fiercely independent Isobel Cunningham—drives solar‑powered hover‑lorries across the endless dunes, hoping the great erg will hide them from the eyes of the United Nations, the Soviet Complex and other superstates that all have a stake in crushing his dream.

When a sleek rocket‑plane streaks across the sky, the group must decide whether to hide, fight, or sacrifice one of their own to keep the movement alive. Tensions flare as each member balances personal conviction against the cold calculus of war, while the desert’s unforgiving landscape amplifies every split‑second decision. The opening thrusts listeners into a high‑stakes clash of ideologies, technology, and human resolve in a world where the desert itself becomes both shield and snare.

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Language

en

Duration

~4 hours (244K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Sankar Viswanathan, Greg Weeks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net

Release date

2009-12-09

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Mack Reynolds

Mack Reynolds

1917–1983

Best known for lively, idea-driven science fiction, this prolific American writer explored politics, economics, and possible futures with a sharp, often satirical edge. His stories were especially popular in the 1950s and 1960s, when he became a familiar name in magazines such as Galaxy and If.

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