The Darkness on Fifth Avenue book cover
Science Fiction · Firstpublished1929Argosy; source1962Fantasticreprint · English

The Darkness on Fifth Avenue

by Murray Leinster

About this book

Police Lieutenant Hines encounters an extraordinary threat while walking through Central Park. As a strange darkness affects Fifth Avenue, an apparently ordinary night in New York develops into an investigation that calls for both police work and scientific explanation.

Murray Leinster combines the pace of a crime story with a speculative danger to the city. The chapters follow Hines and his associates as they try to understand what is happening and find a way to stop it. First published in Argosy in 1929, this complete text comes from the 1962 Fantastic reprint and preserves the source illustrations and publication notes.