Project Gutenberg 2020-06-12 Public domain in the USA. 124 Brackett, Leigh 1915 1978 Brackett, Leigh Douglass Hamilton, Leigh Brackett Leydenfrost, Robert J. 1925 1987 Leydenfrost, Robert Joseph Leydenfrost, Robert Leydenfrost, Bob Leidenfrost, Bob Thralls of the Endless Night Produced from Planet Stories Fall 1943 Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Thralls of the Endless Night" by Leigh Brackett is a science fiction novella written in the early 1940s. The story explores themes of survival, betrayal, and the struggle for power in a post-apocalyptic setting. It features a conflict between two groups, the Hans and the Piruts, who vie for limited resources and grapple with the enigmatic Ship that harbors secrets essential for their survival. The narrative follows Wes Kirk, a young member of the Hans, who discovers a hidden path into the Ship while grappling with his feelings of anger and confusion after the death of his father. Tensions escalate as Wes forms an alliance with the Piruts to confront the oppressive Officers who hoard vital resources. Wes becomes embroiled in a power struggle, discovering that the Ship harbors not precious heat-stones but a much greater secret. As the storyline unfolds, elements of loyalty, love, and revenge are intertwined, culminating in a revelation about the Ship's true purpose, which forces both groups to reconsider their conflict as they confront a greater threat to their existence. Ultimately, Wes's journey highlights themes of unity and the human condition in dire circumstances. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 95.2 (5th grade). Very easy to read. en Science fiction Life on other planets -- Fiction Castaways -- Fiction Regression (Civilization) -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 95506 2025-06-24T14:43:15.567108 text/html 72194 2024-10-18T03:53:35 text/html 257847 2025-06-24T14:43:17.675138 application/epub+zip 258334 2025-06-24T14:43:15.956105 application/epub+zip 99101 2025-06-24T14:43:15.738118 application/epub+zip 305218 2025-06-24T14:43:19.070128 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 297817 2025-06-24T14:43:17.474080 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 138904 2022-09-28T06:00:01.919171 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 87618 2023-09-26T13:15:52.462272 text/plain 67655 2024-10-18T03:53:35 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17208 2025-06-24T14:43:19.249110 application/rdf+xml 30136 2025-06-24T14:43:15.819115 image/jpeg 5139 2025-06-24T14:43:15.779127 image/jpeg 506326 2025-06-24T14:43:15.586101 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