Project Gutenberg 2021-07-07 Public domain in the USA. 256 Laumer, Keith 1925 1993 Laumer, John Keith Laumer, Kit Worlds of the Imperium $aUnited States :$bAce Books, Inc., $c1961, copyright 1962. Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worlds_of_the_Imperium Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Worlds of the Imperium" by Keith Laumer is a science fiction novel written in the early 1960s. The story revolves around Brion Bayard, who finds himself thrust into a dangerous alternate reality where his double is a notorious dictator. Tasked with an assignment to impersonate his double and eliminate him, Brion's mission quickly complicates as he grapples with moral dilemmas and the implications of his actions in this new world. The opening of the book introduces Brion Bayard as he navigates the streets of medieval Stockholm, aware he's being followed. After a tense encounter with a mysterious figure, he is kidnapped and awakens in an unfamiliar scenario where he meets Chief Captain Winter, an officer of the Imperium. As Winter explains the existence of alternate realities and the significance of Brion’s identity to their mission, Brion is faced with a choice that challenges his ideals and thrusts him into a web of political intrigue. The opening sets the stage for a gripping exploration of identity, duty, and the moral complexities of power in a multi-dimensional universe. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20210422130420laumer 1961 US Reading ease score: 85.1 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 280675 2025-09-26T06:27:46.335631 text/html 259552 2024-10-18T14:46:50 text/html 435522 2025-09-26T06:27:49.882644 application/epub+zip 438542 2025-09-26T06:27:46.892654 application/epub+zip 170038 2025-09-26T06:27:46.592640 application/epub+zip 453140 2025-09-26T06:27:52.293594 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 442957 2025-09-26T06:27:49.621684 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 249433 2022-09-29T15:37:11.278484 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 268979 2025-09-26T06:27:45.920657 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 249120 2024-10-18T14:46:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16385 2025-09-26T06:27:52.421632 application/rdf+xml 32097 2025-09-26T06:27:46.697653 image/jpeg 5074 2025-09-26T06:27:46.644614 image/jpeg 660756 2025-09-26T06:27:46.366619 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