Childhood’s End - Arthur C. Clarke - 1953 Ballantine Books Paperback - Richard Powers Cover the hobbit Set in an imagined future

Set in an imagined future England that has given itself over to fascism

not entirely composed of humans

Throughout

a tenacious karate master who can kill with one well-aimed toss of his razor-rimmed bowler hat

Childhood’s End - Arthur C. Clarke - 1953 Ballantine Books Paperback - Richard Powers Cover the hobbit Set in an imagined futureCondition: Acceptable. Please see the images for more details. Publisher Blurb: "When the silent spacecraft arrived and took the light from the world, no one knew what to expect. But, although the Overlords kept themselves hidden from man, they had come to unite a warring world and to offer an end to poverty and crime. When they finally showed themselves it was a shock, but one that humankind could now cope with, and an era of peace, prosperity and