The Falling Torch

The Falling Torch

Infobox Book |
name = The Falling Torch
title_orig =
translator =


image_caption = Cover of the first edition
author = Algis Budrys
illustrator =
cover_artist =
country = United States
language = English
series =
genre = Science fiction novel
publisher = Pyramid Books
release_date = 1959
english_release_date =
media_type = Print (Paperback)
pages = 158 pp
isbn = NA
preceded_by =
followed_by =

"The Falling Torch" is a 1959 science fiction novel by Algis Budrys.

Plot summary

The novel is about a group of freedom fighters who attempt the nearly hopeless task of liberating planet Earth from the grip of a race of alien invaders. The story has obvious overtones of freeing the author's homeland (Lithuania) from its Soviet occupiers.

References

*cite book | last=Tuck | first=Donald H. | authorlink=Donald H. Tuck | title=The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy | location=Chicago | publisher=Advent | pages=73 | date=1974|id=ISBN 0-911682-20-1


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