Project Gutenberg 2012-12-05 Public domain in the USA. 135 Nourse, Alan Edward 1928 1992 Edwards, Al Nourse, Alan E. (Alan Edward) Consignment Produced from Science Fiction Adventures Magazine December 1953 Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Consignment" by Alan Edward Nourse is a science fiction novel written in the early 1950s. The book explores themes of revenge, ambition, and the consequences of technological advancements in a future setting, depicting a world where crime and transportation are intricately linked through a vast system of automated roads. The story centers around a convict's struggle to reclaim his life and enact vengeance against a former partner who wronged him. The narrative follows John Krenner, a man who escapes from prison after serving 27 years for the murder of his partner's wife. Armed and determined, he navigates the complexities of an advanced transportation system known as the Rolling Roads as he seeks to locate his former partner, Jerome Markson. Krenner's journey is marked by brutal confrontations and strategic manipulation as he attempts to elude the authorities and fulfill his desire for revenge. However, his plan comes to a sudden and fiery end when he inadvertently becomes part of an automated coal delivery system, leading him to a fate he could never have anticipated: a plunge into Markson's own steel foundry. The story serves as a thrilling exploration of the intersection of technology, vengeance, and fate. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/41565/41565-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 82.5 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories United States -- Fiction Escaped prisoners -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery Category: Novels 51297 2025-06-16T18:53:31.260550 text/html 47456 2012-12-05T09:27:40 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 229058 2025-06-16T18:53:33.436583 application/epub+zip 227855 2025-06-16T18:53:31.827726 application/epub+zip 75231 2025-06-16T18:53:31.535558 application/epub+zip 262212 2025-06-16T18:53:34.815535 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 254943 2025-06-16T18:53:33.142578 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 102637 2022-09-19T04:43:11.244625 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 43317 2023-09-18T07:07:25.312569 text/plain 16655 2025-06-16T18:53:34.960539 application/rdf+xml 23313 2025-06-16T18:53:31.613553 image/jpeg 4211 2025-06-16T18:53:31.574558 image/jpeg 217601 2025-06-16T18:53:31.273605 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