



Produced by Andrew Sly










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
  