Project Gutenberg 2006-07-10 Public domain in the USA. 282 Piper, H. Beam 1904 1964 Piper, Henry Beam Piper, Horace Beam Last Enemy Produced from Astounding Science Fiction, August, 1950. Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_Enemy Greg Weeks, Sankar Viswanathan, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net/) Revised by Richard Tonsing. Greg Weeks, Sankar Viswanathan, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net/) Revised by Richard Tonsing. Updated: 2022-11-13. "Last Enemy" by H. Beam Piper is a science fiction novel written in the mid-20th century. The story revolves around the intricate interactions of a society that grapples with concepts of reincarnation and the political tensions between factions that believe in different theories of reincarnation. The main character is Dallona of Hadron, a psychic researcher whose groundbreaking work on reincarnation has upset the status quo, drawing her and the assassins into a perilous political landscape. The opening of the novel sets the stage at a dinner party where Dallona nervously contemplates her experimental work on reincarnation and the philosophical implications of a recent assassination. During this gathering, the discarnate spirit of Garnon of Roxor communicates through a boy in a trance, confirming the reality of his death and triggering political upheaval as various guests scramble to react to this revelation. Following the murder, Dallona takes on Dirzed the Assassin for her protection as they navigate a society determined to suppress her research. As the political landscape shifts and tensions rise, the narrative moves toward intrigue, danger, and the struggle between scientific discovery and political power. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 71.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction PS Text Science Fiction Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 177648 2025-08-08T06:20:33.541505 text/html 178262 2022-11-19T06:03:40 text/html 628023 2025-08-08T06:20:36.355495 application/epub+zip 630450 2025-08-08T06:20:34.132503 application/epub+zip 134517 2025-08-08T06:20:33.831493 application/epub+zip 691431 2025-08-08T06:20:38.295516 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 682318 2025-08-08T06:20:36.098535 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 186230 2022-09-09T05:56:23.719911 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 168309 2025-08-08T06:20:33.182527 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 168349 2022-11-19T06:02:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18717 2025-08-08T06:20:38.447524 application/rdf+xml 19000 2025-08-08T06:20:33.929477 image/jpeg 2962 2025-08-08T06:20:33.879487 image/jpeg 63144 2022-11-19T06:06:02 application/octet-stream application/zip 601076 2022-11-19T06:06:08 application/octet-stream application/zip 611446 2025-08-08T06:20:33.577477 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia