Based on one of the most popular short stories of all time written by Isaac Asimov, Asimov teams up with Robert Silverberg to write one of the most influential novels of the 20th Century.
On Planet Kalgash, some combination of it's six suns, Onos, Dovim, Patru, Trey, Sitha, and Tano, have always lit up this utopian world with their brilliant light. Darkness is unknown. However, that is all about to change. In an astounding phenomenon, the suns will set and the planet will be eclipsed from their light. It shall signal a darkness, and a madness that will destroy civilization as the people of Kalgash know it, forever. Nevertheless, humanity desperately clings to the ashes, as some wish to simply survive, and others conquer. Will the last seeds of civilization carry on, and rebuild after this devastating cataclysm or will the human instinct itself wipe out mankind?
The most intense and exciting novel that I have read in years, Nightfall is written almost fifty years after the short story's publication (1941-1990). Nightfall is an astounding novel. Sure to keep the nightlight on for a night or two, Asimov and Silverberg spin a tale of deceit, lies, hope, love and most importantly . . . Daybreak.
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