Project Gutenberg 2009-09-04 Public domain in the USA. 82 Kornbluth, C. M. (Cyril M.) 1923 1958 Kornbluth, Cyril M. Eisner, Simon Cooke, Arthur Kornbluth, C.M. Lavond, Paul Dennis Corwin, Cecil Freas, Kelly 1922 2005 Freas, Frank Kelly The Adventurer Reading ease score: 77.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "The Adventurer" by C. M. Kornbluth is a science fiction novel likely written in the early 1950s. The story explores themes of power, identity, and the nature of heroism, set in a futuristic political landscape where Earth and its moons are divided between Republic and Soviet states. It examines the rise of a genetically engineered individual, Grayson, who is positioned as a legendary leader and military figure amidst political intrigue and rebellion. The narrative unfolds primarily around the character of Thomas Grayson, who emerges from a difficult childhood to become a naval officer commanding a destroyer. As tensions escalate between the Republic and its Soviet counterpart over territory on Io, Grayson displays extraordinary leadership and strategic prowess, upending established order and gaining a devoted following among troops. However, his rise to power is not purely by chance; he is revealed to be the product of a covert program aimed at creating a leader who could destabilize the government. As war looms, Grayson faces existential challenges regarding his identity and purpose, culminating in a bloody power shift that tests the limits of loyalty and ambition. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction Short stories PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 60361 60371 2024-10-12T17:53:47.174826 2023-09-13T08:21:05.026713 text/html text/html 55858 2021-01-05T12:45:32 text/html; charset=us-ascii 171041 2021-01-05T12:45:32 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 235886 2024-10-12T17:53:51.720792 application/epub+zip 234319 2024-10-12T17:53:49.135839 application/epub+zip 86641 2024-10-12T17:53:47.794811 application/epub+zip 407351 2024-10-12T17:53:53.509812 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 398998 2024-10-12T17:53:50.828831 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 125552 2022-09-14T03:33:45.250116 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 50086 49985 2024-10-12T17:53:46.882807 2023-09-13T08:21:04.828725 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 49970 2021-01-05T12:45:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19767 2021-01-05T12:45:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21068 2024-10-12T17:53:53.645785 application/rdf+xml 12198 2024-10-12T17:53:48.342886 image/jpeg 3374 2024-10-12T17:53:48.064825 image/jpeg 237579 2024-10-12T17:53:47.190822 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