Book description
GATHER, DARKNESS! is a science-fiction classic. It tells the story of
Armon Jarles, a man on the edge, living amidst the disputes of two rival
powers at large in the world. 360 years after a nuclear holocaust
ravaged mankind, throwing society back into the dark ages, the world is
fraught with chaos and superstition.
The new rulers over the masses of humanity are the techno-priests of
the Great God, endowed with scientific knowledge lost to the rest of
humanity. Jarles, originally of peasant descent, rises to become a
priest of the Great God. He knows the gospel propagated by the priests
to be a fraud, based on illusion and trickery. Even more offensive to
him is the paucity of true believers among the priesthood.
One day he rebels against his priestly training and attempts to incite
the peasants to rise up and demand freedom, but they are not ready.
Jarles is not the only dissenter trying to sabotage and expose the false
theocracy of the priesthood - witchcraft is slowly gaining strength and
support among the populace.
Although Jarles is unaware, his rebellion against the power of the
priests is about to throw him headlong into the middle of the greatest
holy war the world has ever seen. Fritz Leiber is considered one of
science fiction's legends. Author of a prodigious number of stories and
novels, many of which were made into films, he is best known as creator
of the classic Lankhmar fantasy series. Fritz Leiber has won awards too
numerous to count including the coveted Hugo and Nebula, and was honored
as a lifetime Grand Master by the Science Fiction Writers of America. He
died in 1992.
