
THE SENTINEL STARS
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In a tightly controlled future where every citizen is reduced to a number, the world runs like a vast machine. The streets pulse with automated cleaners and endless slogans praising the all‑encompassing Merger, while sunlight slips through only a brief window for those inside the towering concrete complexes. TRH‑247, the 247th person to bear the same designation, feels the weight of this homogenized existence pressing against his mind, prompting a restless yearning for something genuine.
Driven by a quiet desperation, he abandons his assigned role, slips into a forbidden enclave, and commits a daring act of defiance that lands him in exile. He escapes with a woman whose crime mirrors his own, and together they face the harsh, unregulated wilderness beyond the Organization’s borders. Their struggle becomes a raw test of survival, identity, and the fragile hope of reclaiming a life beyond the numbers.
Language
en
Duration
~6 hours (386K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Original publisher
United States: Bantam Books, Inc., 1963.
Credits
Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)
Release date
Jun 12, 2023
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
1924–2017
Best known for sharp, idea-driven science fiction, this American novelist also wrote crime stories and westerns. His books often imagine uneasy futures shaped by control, technology, and pressure on ordinary people.
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