Armageddon—2419 A.D.

About the book

"Armageddon—2419 A.D." by Philip Francis Nowlan is a science fiction novella published in 1928. Anthony "Buck" Rogers awakens after 492 years in suspended animation to find America conquered by the technologically advanced Han Chinese. In the forests of 25th-century Pennsylvania, scattered American gangs secretly rebuild their civilization using anti-gravity technology and invisible materials. Rogers joins fighter Wilma Deering and her band, bringing his military experience to their guerrilla war. Together, they begin humanity's desperate struggle to reclaim their homeland from the Airlords' tyrannical rule.