Armageddon—2419 A.D.

The narrator, a man who fell into suspended animation in the early 20th century after a radioactive-gas accident, awakens roughly five centuries later to find North America altered: vast forests cover ruined cities, and a foreign technocratic power rules from gleaming glass metropolises with aerial mastery, while surviving Americans shelter in woodland enclaves. He describes the conquerors' comfortable, stagnant civilization based on synthetic abundance and aerial control, and the emergent resilient American culture organizing clandestinely for liberation. Mixing scientific speculation with adventure, the narrative follows his exploration of ruined mines, the circumstances of his long sleep, and his participation in the preparations and struggle that lead to a second war of independence.