Darkness and Dawn

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DARKNESS AND DAWN
BY
GEORGE ALLAN ENGLAND

To Robert H. Davis Unique inspirer of plots Do I dedicate This my trilogy G.A.E.

CONTENTS
BOOK I The Vacant World
I. The Awakening II. Realization III. On the Tower Platform IV. The City of Death V.
Exploration VI. Treasure-Trove VII. The Outer World VIII. A Sign of Peril IX. Headway
Against Odds X. Terror XI. A Thousand Years! XII. Drawing Together XIII. The Great
Experiment XIV. The Moving Lights XV. Portents of War XVI. The Gathering of the
Hordes XVII. Stern's Resolve XVIII. The Supreme Question XIX. The Unknown Race
XX. The Curiosity of Eve XXI. Eve Becomes an Amazon XXII. Gods! XXIII. The
Obeah XXIV. The Fight in the Forest XXV. The Goal, and Through It XXVI. Beatrice
Dares XXVII. To Work! XXVIII. The Pulverite XXIX. The Battle on the Stairs XXX.
Consummation
BOOK II Beyond The Great Oblivion
I. Beginnings II. Settling Down III. The Maskalonge IV. The Golden Age V. Deadly
Peril VI. Trapped! VII. A Night of Toil VIII. The Rebirth of Civilization IX. Planning the
Great Migration X. Toward the Great Cataract XI. The Plunge! XII. Trapped on the
Ledge XIII. On the Crest of the Maelstrom XIV. A Fresh Start XV. Labor and
Comradeship XVI. Finding the Biplane XVII. All Aboard for Boston! XVIII. The
Hurricane XIX. Westward Ho! XX. On the Lip of the Chasm XXI. Lost in the Great
Abyss XXII. Lights! XXIII. The White Barbarians XXIV. The Land of the Merucaans
XXV. The Dungeon of the Skeletons XXVI. "You Speak English!" XXVII. Doomed!
XXVIII. The Battle in the Dark XXIX. Shadows of War XXX. Exploration XXXI.
Escape? XXXII. Preparations XXXIII. The Patriarch's Tale XXXIV. The Coming of
Kamrou XXXV. Face to Face with Death XXXVI. Gage of Battle XXXVII. The Final
Struggle XXXVIII. The Sun of Spring
BOOK III The Afterglow
I. Death, Life, and Love II. Eastward Ho! III. Catastrophe! IV. "To-Morrow is Our
Wedding-Day" V. The Search for the Records VI. Trapped! VII. The Leaden Chest VIII.
"Till Death Us Do Part" IX. At Settlement Cliffs X. Separation XI. "Hail to the Master!"
XII. Challenged! XIII. The Ravished Nest XIV. On the Trail of the Monster XV. In the
Grip of Terror XVI. A Respite from Toil XVII. The Distant Menace XVIII. The
Annunciation XIX. The Master of His Race XX. Disaster! XXI. Allan Returns Not XXII.

The Treason of H'yemba XXIII. The Return of the Master XXIV. "The Boy Is Gone!"
XXV. The Fall of H'yemba XXVI. The Coming of the Horde XXVII. War! XXVIII. The
Besom of Flame XXIX. Allan's Narrative XXX. Into the Fire-Swept Wilderness XXXI.
A Strange Apparition XXXII. The Meeting of the Bands XXXIII. Five Years Later
XXXIV. History and Roses XXXV. The Afterglow

BOOK I
THE VACANT WORLD

CHAPTER I
THE AWAKENING
Dimly, like the daybreak glimmer of a sky long wrapped in fogs, a sign of consciousness
began to dawn in the face of the tranced girl.
Once more the breath of life began to stir in that full bosom, to which again a vital
warmth had on this day of days crept slowly back.
And as she lay there, prone upon the dusty floor, her beautiful face buried and shielded in
the hollow of her arm, a sigh welled from her lips.
Life--life was flowing back again! The miracle of miracles was growing to reality.
Faintly now she breathed; vaguely her heart began to throb once more. She stirred. She
moaned, still for the moment