Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
I>>Battlefield Earth is an enormous epic of adventure set in the year 3000, when the future survival of what's left of the human race is at stake. When Jonnie Goodboy Tyler decides to venture out of the small and dwindling community of humans barely surviving in their Rocky Mountain retreat, he has no thought of challenging the order that for a thousand years has held the earth prisoner to the oppressive alien race of the Psychlos.
The Psychlos and their vast intergalactic mining corporation have dominated and exploited all known galaxies for centuries, ruthlessly destroying races who dare to resist. How one man with the aid of a few surviving Scotsmen tackles the greatest malignant power in the universe makes for a sprawling adventure of thrilling heroics, full of dangerous underground work, interplanetary wars, intergalactic financial intrigue, monster races, and complex political manipulation spread across a vast canvas of epic scale.
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Synopsis
A towering masterwork of science fiction adventure and one of the best-selling science fiction novels of all time, L. Ron Hubbard's Battlefield Earth opens with breathtaking scope on an Earth dominated for 1,000 years by an alien invader and man is an endangered species. From the handful of surviving humans a courageous leader emerges Jonnie Goodboy Tyler, who challenges the invincible might of the alien Psychlo empire in a battle of epic scale, danger and intrigue with the fate of the Earth and of the universe in the tenuous balance.
"Over 1,000 pages of thrills, spills, vicious aliens and noble humans. I found Battlefield Earth un-put-downable." --Neil Gaiman
"Pulse-pounding mile-a-minute sci-fi action-adventure that does not stop. It is a masterpiece of popular adventure science fiction." --Brandon Sanderson
"Battlefield Earth is like a 12-hour 'Indiana Jones' marathon. Non-stop and fast-paced. Every chapter has a big bang-up adventure." --Kevin J. Anderson (co-author of the Dune sagas)
Synopsis
Only 35,000 humans remain...
...and the aliens hunt them for sport.
Who will lead the uprising?
In the year A.D. 3000, Earth is a dystopian wasteland. The great cities stand crumbling as a brutal reminder of what we once were. When the Psychlos invaded, all the world's armies mustered little resistance against the advanced alien weapons.
Now, the man animals serve one purpose.
Do the Psychlos' bidding or face extinction.
One man, Jonnie Goodboy Tyler, has a plan. They must learn about the Psychlos and their weapons. He needs the other humans to follow him. And that may not be enough.
Can he outwit his Psychlo captor, Terl?
What is their weakness?
The fate of the Galaxy lies on the Battlefield of Earth.
This is one of the finest examples of science fiction ever written, with nuance, sub-plots, and action all the way through. A masterpiece at over 1,000 pages.
You'll love this epic
New York Times bestseller by L. Ron Hubbard, because his vision of science fiction was ahead of its time.
Get it now.
"Pulse-pounding mile-a-minute sci-fi action-adventure that does not stop. It is a masterpiece of popular adventure science fiction." --Brandon Sanderson
"Battlefield Earth is like a 12-hour 'Indiana Jones' marathon. Non-stop and fast-paced. Every chapter has a big bang-up adventure." --Kevin J. Anderson (co-author of the Dune Sagas)
"Over 1,000 pages of thrills, spills, vicious aliens and noble humans. I found Battlefield Earth un-put-downable." --Neil Gaiman
Synopsis
Sadistic Aliens
loom...
Noble
humans rise...
Is
it the end or a new beginning?
Battlefield Earth is an enormous epic of adventure
set in the year 3000, when the future survival of what's left of the human race
is at stake. When Jonnie Goodboy Tyler decides to venture out of the small and
dwindling community of humans barely surviving in their Rocky Mountain retreat,
he has no thought of challenging the order that for a thousand years has held
the earth prisoner to the oppressive alien race of the Psychlos.
The Psychlos and their vast intergalactic mining
corporation have dominated and exploited all known galaxies for centuries,
ruthlessly destroying races who dare to resist. How one man - with the aid of a
few surviving Scotsmen--tackles the greatest malignant power in the universe
makes for a sprawling adventure of thrilling heroics, full of dangerous
underground work, interplanetary wars, intergalactic financial intrigue,
monster races, and complex political manipulation spread across a vast canvas
of epic scale.