The Night of the Trolls

audiobook

The Night of the Trolls

by Keith Laumer

EN·~1 hours

Chapters

Description

A routine test in a high‑tech research bunker takes a terrifying turn when the subject awakens to find the chamber empty, the monitors dead, and the whole complex eerily silent. Disoriented and coughing from a failed life‑support cycle, he discovers the facility’s corridors littered with abandoned equipment, dead rats, and the unsettling remnants of a dead security guard. With only a weather suit and a half‑loaded revolver for protection, he begins to piece together what went wrong, while the faint glow of emergency lights offers little comfort.

As he climbs the stairwell toward the surface, the devastation becomes clearer: heavy doors blown open, a massive water tank twisted into ruin, and a sky tinged with a foreboding red hue. The once‑busy installation now feels like a ghost town, hinting at sabotage, war, or a catastrophic accident. He must navigate the desolate landscape and uncover who—or what—has taken over the once‑secure research site.

Details

Language

en

Duration

~1 hours (103K 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

2016-09-23

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Keith Laumer

Keith Laumer

1925–1993

Best known for the witty Retief stories and the long-running Bolo tales, this American science fiction writer mixed sharp humor with big-idea adventure. His work helped shape military and diplomatic science fiction, and it still feels lively and inventive today.

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