Project Gutenberg 2006-06-21 Public domain in the USA. 148 Piper, H. Beam 1904 1964 Piper, Henry Beam Piper, Horace Beam McGuire, John J. (John Joseph) 1917 1981 McGuire, John Joseph Hunter Patrol Produced from Amazing Stories May 1959. Reading ease score: 72.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Greg Weeks, LN Yaddanapudi and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Hunter Patrol" by H. Beam Piper and John J. McGuire is a science fiction novel written in the mid-20th century. The story revolves around themes of war, time travel, and the quest for peace, focusing on a soldier navigating a complex future shaped by an authoritarian regime. The narrative engages with the implications of advanced technology in warfare and the potential for an individual's impact on the fabric of history. The plot follows Captain Fred Benson, who is thrust into a futuristic world where he discovers the United Nations is governed by a man called The Guide, who rules with an iron fist while promoting ideals of beauty and peace at a dire moral cost. As Benson grapples with his role in this new world, he meets a group of individuals determined to resist The Guide's oppressive regime. They harness time-travel technology to bring Benson from his contemporaneous war into their era, hoping he can assassinate The Guide and free humanity from tyranny. Yet, upon becoming embroiled in this conflict, Benson must confront not only the moral complexities of violence in pursuit of peace but also the unforeseen consequences of wielding such power. Ultimately, the narrative explores the cyclical nature of violence and authority, leading to a dramatic realization of who now holds true power in this dystopian landscape. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 95899 95898 2024-10-08T09:05:34.862836 2023-09-08T10:28:40.266991 text/html text/html 92893 2006-06-21T11:59:36 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 102076 2006-06-21T11:59:36 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 120018 2024-10-08T09:05:36.959782 application/epub+zip 119500 2024-10-08T09:05:35.209850 application/epub+zip 96900 2024-10-08T09:05:35.020856 application/epub+zip 166742 2024-10-08T09:05:38.505838 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 157491 2024-10-08T09:05:36.774806 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 134999 2022-09-09T04:59:09.402324 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 89600 89502 2024-10-08T09:05:34.710820 2023-09-08T10:28:40.136003 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 89573 2006-06-21T11:59:36 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 34632 2006-06-21T11:59:36 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 89565 2006-06-21T11:59:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 34611 2006-06-21T11:59:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22407 2024-10-08T09:05:38.637856 application/rdf+xml 18912 2024-10-08T09:05:35.093024 image/jpeg 3396 2024-10-08T09:05:35.056815 image/jpeg 105120 2024-10-08T09:05:34.875889 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia