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Set in a clockwork Victorian London, "Morlock Night" follows an ordinary narrator who becomes an unlikely agent of Merlin. Tasked with retrieving Excalibur for a nation in peril, the story weaves time travel and alternate history elements into a steampunk tapestry inspired by H. G. Wells’ The Time Machine.
First publish date: June 5, 1979
Genre: Science Fiction/Hard Science Fiction
Authors: K. W. Jeter
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