Project Gutenberg 2020-07-11 Public domain in the USA. 138 Knight, Damon 1922 2002 Knight, Damon Francis Fleming, Stuart Conanight Ingels, Graham 1915 1991 The Avenger Produced from Planet Stories Spring 1944 Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Avenger" by Stuart Fleming is a science fiction novel that was published in the early 1940s. The story explores themes of human evolution and survival amid an alien invasion, concentrating on the concept of creating a new breed of humanity to combat superior extraterrestrial beings. The novel revolves around Peter Karson, a scientist who awakens from a coma to discover that Earth is under threat from invaders who possess horrifying abilities to fuse and harm humans. He creates a spaceship called "The Avenger" with the intent of sending himself into space to undergo mutative transformations to become a superman capable of fighting off the invaders. As he transforms and successfully breeds a new generation of intelligent beings, he faces the ethical dilemma of loyalty to his original humanity versus the kinship to the creatures he has created. The story culminates in a striking twist, revealing his creation's lack of emotional understanding and ultimate choice not to return to Earth, leading to a poignant conclusion about the nature of evolution and identity. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 84.7 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Scientists -- Fiction Space ships -- Fiction Human-alien encounters -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 56881 2025-06-25T04:13:31.884750 text/html 33185 2024-10-18T04:22:57 text/html 358594 2025-06-25T04:13:33.611730 application/epub+zip 357429 2025-06-25T04:13:32.250763 application/epub+zip 77167 2025-06-25T04:13:32.041741 application/epub+zip 394784 2025-06-25T04:13:34.798736 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 387202 2025-06-25T04:13:33.416744 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 107153 2022-09-28T08:29:58.642132 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 50182 2023-09-27T04:16:20.365633 text/plain 30369 2024-10-18T04:22:57 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17369 2025-06-25T04:13:34.919709 application/rdf+xml 35887 2025-06-25T04:13:32.120729 image/jpeg 5748 2025-06-25T04:13:32.080754 image/jpeg 558822 2025-06-25T04:13:31.898759 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 en.wikipedia