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A Canticle for Leibowitz

by Walter M. Miller, Jr.Book 1 of 2 in Leibowitz
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In the Utah desert, Brother Francis of the Albertian Order of Leibowitz has made a miraculous discovery: the relics of the martyr Isaac Leibowitz himself, including the blessed blueprint and the sacred shopping list. They may provide a bright ray of hope in a terrifying age of darkness, a time of ignorance and genetic monsters that are the unholy aftermath of the Flame Deluge. But as the spellbinding mystery at the core of this extraordinary novel unfolds, it is the search itself—for meaning, for truth, for love—that offers hope to a humanity teetering on the edge of an abyss.

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CombatIncidental
HorrorChilling

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Details

First published
October 1959
Pages
368
Reading time
About 7 hours
Format
Novel
Audience
Adult
Publisher
William Morrow & Company
Language
English
ISBN
9780575072206
Series
Leibowitz, Book 1

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