The Airlords of Han

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The Airlords of Han

by Philip Francis Nowlan

EN·~3 hours·18 chapters

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18 total
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Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from *Amazing Stories Fact and Science Fiction* May 1962 and was first published in *Amazing Stories* March 1929. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed. Minor spelling and typographical errors have been corrected without note. A table of contents has been provided below:

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The AIRLORDS of HAN - By PHILIP FRANCIS NOWLAN

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CHAPTER I The Airlords Besieged

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CHAPTER II The "Ground Ships" Threaten

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CHAPTER III We "Sink" the "Ground Ships"

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CHAPTER IV Han Electrono-Ray Science

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CHAPTER V American Ultronic Science

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CHAPTER VI An Unequal Duel

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CHAPTER VII Captured!

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CHAPTER VIII Hypnotic Torture

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Description

Awakened from a half‑millennium of suspended animation, Anthony Rogers finds a world unrecognizable: the United States has been shattered, its people driven into hidden forests while a fleet of alien‑like Mongolian “Airlords” dominate the skies in gleaming airships powered by mysterious repeller rays. The once‑great nation is reduced to scattered clans that scrape survival from the ruins, inventing crude rockets and improvised artillery to strike at the hovering behemoths.

Rogers joins the rugged Wyoming Gang, descendants of the old Pennsylvania settlers, and discovers a daring tactic—launching rockets into the enemy’s levitation columns, causing their ships to explode from within. With this advantage, the rag‑tag resistance begins to turn the tide, striking at the fortified city of Nu‑Yok and unsettling the Airlords’ iron grip. The story blends gritty post‑apocalyptic survival with high‑octane aerial combat, setting the stage for a larger struggle between humanity’s stubborn resilience and a technologically superior oppressor.

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Language

en

Duration

~3 hours (174K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net

Release date

2008-05-11

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Philip Francis Nowlan

Philip Francis Nowlan

1888–1940

A newspaper writer turned early science-fiction pioneer, he gave the world Buck Rogers and helped shape the idea of futuristic adventure for generations of readers. His stories mixed fast-moving action with big visions of technology, war, and life in centuries to come.

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