Book description
Against the Fall of Night The Roman Empire had spread order, knowledge,
and civilisation throughout the ancient world. When Rome fell, the light
of reason flickered out across the Empire. The Dark Ages had begun; they
would last a thousand years. Could a man from the 20th century prevent
the fall of Rome? When lightening struck and he was hurled backward into
the sixth century, the question became anything but academic to Martin
Padway, but even forearmed with a knowledge of 20th century technology
and of events to come, what could one man do? But Padway must try, lest
darkness fall. Lyon Sprague de Camp was born in 1907 and died in 2000.
During a writing career that spanned seven decades, he wrote over a
hundred books in the areas of science fiction, fantasy, historical
fiction, non-fiction and biography. Although arguably best known for his
continuation of Robert E. Howard's Conan stories, de Camp was an
important figure in the formative period of modern SF, alongside the
likes of Isaac Asimov and Robert A. Heinlein, and was a winner of the
Hugo, World Fantasy Life Achievement and SFWA Grand Master awards.
