The Avenger from Atlantis (collection)

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The Avenger from Atlantis
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Cover of first edition
Author Edmond Hamilton
Cover artist Margaret Brundage
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Genre Science fantasy
Publisher DMR Books
Publication date
2021
Media typeprint (paperback), ebook
Pages224
ISBN 978-1735898230

The Avenger from Atlantis is a collection of science fantasy short stories by American author Edmond Hamilton. It was first published in trade paperback and ebook by DMR Books in January 2021. [1] [2] It was the second of two Hamilton collections issued by that publisher, the first being The Twilight of the Gods (2020).

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Summary

The book collects eight short works of fiction by the author featuring "concepts such as fighting men of disparate ages uniting against alien tyrants, Atlantean scientists attempting immortality, or a civilization inside an active volcano." [3]

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