The Torch (novel)

The Torch

Dust-jacket from the first edition
Author Jack Bechdolt
Illustrator Robert Tschirky
Cover artist Robert Tschirky
Country United States
Language English
Genre Science fiction novel
Publisher Prime Press
Publication date
1948
Media type Print (hardback)
Pages 229 pp
OCLC 3047692

The Torch is a science fiction novel by author Jack Bechdolt. It was first published in book form in 1948 by Prime Press in an edition of 3,000 copies. The novel was originally serialized in the magazine Argosy in January 1920.

Plot introduction

The novel is set in the year 3010, in the ruins of New York after an atomic disaster. Fortune is the captain of the army of the Towermen, those who live in the remaining skyscrapers and rule the city with an iron hand. He is taken captive by the people of the Island of the Statue. There, Fortune learns of a prophecy that states that the people will be free when the torch burns in the hands of the statue. Fortune is redeemed by his captors and leads them in a revolt against his former masters.

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