Project Gutenberg 2021-02-28 Public domain in the USA. 112 Walton, Bryce 1918 1988 O'Hara, Kenneth Design for Doomsday Produced from Planet Stories Spring 1948 Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Design for Doomsday" by Bryce Walton is a science fiction novel, likely written in the mid-20th century. The story unfolds in a dystopian future where Earth has fallen under the oppressive rule of the Martians, particularly dominated by a dictatorial figure known as Zharkon. It primarily revolves around the themes of rebellion, hope, and the struggle for freedom as Terran Guardsman Karl Venard and his companion Louis Larson grapple with despair and seek a way to escape from their grim fate in the Martians' concentration camps. The narrative picks up as Venard and Larson plan their desperate escape using a powerful memory-crystal that contains explosive materials, but things take a turn when Venard learns of a possible uprising sparked by the injury of Zharkon's brain. He ultimately finds himself on a treacherous mission to secure Zharkon's original brain from the mysterious Solar Science City, where dark forces are at play under the influence of an enigmatic Jovian presence. As main characters face daunting challenges, including treacherous alien creatures and betrayal, they navigate a twisty path filled with sacrifice, unravel the depth of interplanetary politics, and confront the precarious nature of freedom, ultimately leading to a dramatic conclusion where the fate of countless lives rests in their hands. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 77.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction Adventure stories Venus (Planet) -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 123520 2025-07-25T13:05:35.107038 text/html 100652 2024-10-18T11:29:04 text/html 798234 2025-07-25T13:05:37.841007 application/epub+zip 798852 2025-07-25T13:05:35.648043 application/epub+zip 110294 2025-07-25T13:05:35.341331 application/epub+zip 768654 2025-07-25T13:05:39.453007 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 759948 2025-07-25T13:05:37.424072 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 156149 2022-09-29T06:23:23.651670 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 115108 2025-07-25T13:05:34.919005 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 95318 2024-10-18T11:29:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16800 2025-07-25T13:05:39.579977 application/rdf+xml 33203 2025-07-25T13:05:35.451041 image/jpeg 5364 2025-07-25T13:05:35.394098 image/jpeg 964064 2025-07-25T13:05:35.134037 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