The Long Twilight

A huge volume of edge-of-the-seat science fiction adventure, including:

* The Long Twilight: Grayle and Falconer met in relentless combat with no quarter in prehistoric ages past, their endless battle now remembered only as dark myths and legends. Now their long battle is nearing its climax-and the final battleground is an uncontrolled experimental power plant that threatens the Earth itself!

* Night of Delusions: A detective is hired by men claiming to be government agents and given an assignment that may lead to his being hailed as the savior of the nation-or executed for treason. His mysterious clients also give him devices to use in the assignment, devices which seem to be far beyond anything human technology is capable of. And as he doggedly pursues the case, he finds that the very fabric of reality seems to be changing around him, even to the point that he himself seems never to have existed!

* Plus three short novels of equally stunning concepts and breathtaking action.

About the Author

Keith Laumer was a Captain in the US Air Force and later an officer in the Diplomatic Corps, serving all over the world, giving him a solid background both for his fast-moving adventure stories and his satirical comedies of Retief, the galaxy's only two-fisted diplomat. He was known as one of the top writers of SF adventure.

Cover Art by David Mattingly

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This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to real people or incidents is purely coincidental.

First printing, February 2007

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ISBN-13: 978-1-4165-2109-9
ISBN-10: 1-4165-2109-7

The Long Twilight was first published by Putnam in 1969.
"Birthday Party" was first published in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine in Jan-Feb, 1978.
"The Half Man" was first published in IF magazine, July, 1969.
"The Lawgiver" was first published in 1970 in the Doubleday anthology The Year 2000, edited by Harry Harrison.
"The Plague" was first published in Analog, November, 1970.
Night of Delusions was first published by Putnam in 1972.
Copyright© 2007 by Keith Laumer

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Baen Books by Keith Laumer edited by Eric Flint:

Retief!
Odyssey
Keith Laumer: The Lighter Side
A Plague of Demons & Other Stories
The Long Twilight & Other Stories

Also created by Keith Laumer

The Bolo series:

The Compleat Bolo by Keith Laumer

Created by Keith Laumer:

The Honor of the Regiment
The Unconquerable
The Triumphant by David Weber & Linda Evans
Last Stand
Old Guard
Cold Steel

Bolo Brigade by William H. Keith, Jr.
Bolo Rising by William H. Keith, Jr.
Bolo Strike by William H. Keith, Jr.
The Road to Damascus by John Ringo & Linda Evans
Bolos! by David Weber
Old Soldiers by David Weber