Greylorn

audiobook

Greylorn

by Keith Laumer

EN·~1 hours·5 chapters

Chapters

5 total
1

GREYLORN By KEITH LAUMER

0:15
2

PROLOGUE

10:10
3

CHAPTER 1

1:03:28
4

CHAPTER 2

22:56
5

EPILOGUE

15:16

Description

Amid a crumbling Earth, a shadowy organism known as the Red Tide spreads, swallowing coastlines and turning the map pink. In a tense council chamber, the World Secretary and naval leaders grapple with impossible losses, each hour costing another square mile. Their desperation ignites a risky proposal from Lieutenant Commander Greylorn, who offers a glimmer of hope amidst the gloom.

Greylorn outlines a daring mission to locate the long‑lost Omega Colony, the last vestige of humanity’s great colonisation push. Armed with a breakthrough drive that can cross the void in just over five years, a small scouting vessel could finally reach the distant star cluster before the tide swallows all hope. The plan hinges on courage, precise navigation, and a chance that the forgotten world still harbors the resources needed to turn the tide.

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Language

en

Duration

~1 hours (107K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

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

Release date

2007-10-13

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Keith Laumer

Keith Laumer

1925–1993

Best known for the sharp-witted Retief stories and the influential Bolo tales, this American science fiction writer brought real military and diplomatic experience into fast, imaginative adventures. His work mixed satire, action, and big speculative ideas in a way that helped make him a standout voice in mid-20th-century SF.

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