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 Project Gutenberg 2007-05-29 Public domain in the USA. 264 Cummings, Ray 1887 1957 Cummings, Raymond King King, Ray Tarrano the Conqueror Reading ease score: 76.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Tarrano the Conqueror" by Ray Cummings is a science fiction novel written in the early 20th century. It is set in the year 2430 A.D., presenting a futuristic world where interplanetary tensions and conflicts arise following a series of high-profile murders of global leaders. The narrative revolves around the aftermath of these assassinations and introduces key characters such as Jac Hallen, who is a news-gatherer caught in the turmoil, and Elza, the daughter of a prominent scientist, who becomes entangled in the power dynamics orchestrated by the enigmatic and ambitious character Tarrano. At the start of the story, Jac Hallen witnesses the shocking assassination of the President of the Anglo-Saxon Republic, which ignites panic and chaos among the crowd. As Jac returns to his news organization, more murders occur across the globe, hinting at a conspiracy involving a mysterious figure named Tarrano. Meanwhile, Jac’s journey leads him to an important and urgent meeting with his friend Dr. Brende, which underscores the novel's themes of danger and intrigue. The opening chapters introduce a gripping political landscape filled with espionage and the threat of impending war, setting the stage for a love story intertwined with adventure as well as the pursuit of scientific secrets that could change the fate of humanity. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 428006 428023 2024-10-09T11:23:30.791098 2023-09-10T03:39:40.883024 text/html text/html 434286 2007-05-29T12:05:38 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 182251 2007-05-29T12:05:38 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 194063 2024-10-09T11:23:36.765619 application/epub+zip 198235 2024-10-09T11:23:31.636121 application/epub+zip 197491 2024-10-09T11:23:31.211142 application/epub+zip 346185 2024-10-09T11:23:41.257571 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 307934 2024-10-09T11:23:36.294602 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 308000 2022-09-10T08:29:18.947694 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 401204 401109 2024-10-09T11:23:29.450149 2023-09-10T03:39:39.785020 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 401047 2007-05-29T12:05:38 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 154713 2007-05-29T12:05:38 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 401058 2007-05-29T12:05:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 154701 2007-05-29T12:05:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21616 2024-10-09T11:23:41.412559 application/rdf+xml 15740 2024-10-09T11:23:31.290108 image/jpeg 3091 2024-10-09T11:23:31.251099 image/jpeg 183030 2024-10-09T11:23:30.830130 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia