Tarrano the Conqueror

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Tarrano the Conqueror

by Ray Cummings

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TARRANO THE CONQUEROR - BY RAY CUMMINGS - COPYRIGHT, 1930, BY A. C. McCLURG & CO. CHICAGO - IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THE BRITISH EMPIRE AND THE PAN AMERICAN UNION. - Printed in the United States of America

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FOREWORD

1:31
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CHAPTER I - The New Murders

9:41
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CHAPTER II - Warning

15:05
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CHAPTER III - Spy in the House

12:13
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CHAPTER IV - To the North Pole

14:58
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CHAPTER V - Outlawed Flight

17:10
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CHAPTER VI - Man of Destiny

14:14
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CHAPTER VII - Prisoners

13:21
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CHAPTER VIII - Unknown Friend

17:38

Description

In a bustling metropolis of the year 2430, humanity has woven its daily life into towering megastructures and omnipresent electronic megaphones that broadcast the president’s words to millions at once. The story opens amid a grand public address in Park Sixty, where the leader urges peaceful relations with Venus while denouncing the relentless chatter of the news‑broadcast networks. Suddenly, the president collapses from the balcony, his fall igniting panic among a sea of fifty‑thousand onlookers and setting the city’s massive moving sidewalks into frantic motion.

Caught in the crush, the narrator is thrust into a chaotic scramble that reveals the astonishing scale of future infrastructure and the fragile veneer of order. As emergency crews herd the crowd onto high‑speed walkways, the protagonist’s instincts drive them toward an unexpected ally, hinting at a romance that will thread through the turbulence. The first act promises a blend of political intrigue, high‑tech spectacle, and the promise of an adventurous love story set against a world both familiar and astonishingly transformed.

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en

Duration

~6 hours (367K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

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

Release date

2007-05-29

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Ray Cummings

Ray Cummings

1887–1957

A prolific early science fiction writer, he helped shape the fast-moving, idea-packed style of the pulp era. His stories ranged from cosmic adventures to strange scientific marvels, and many first appeared in the magazines that introduced generations of readers to science fiction.

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