Worlds of the Imperium

By Keith Laumer

American Diplomat, Brion Bayard, is on assignment in Stockholm, Sweden, when he is kidnaped by agents of The Imperium who are from a parallel world. A world where the American revolution never happened and the British Empire, which includes America and the German and Austro-Hungarian empires of Europe rule the world. Bayard learns that he was abducted because the Imperium is under attack from another parallel world. A parallel world ruled by a ruthless dictator who happens to be. . . Brion Bayard. It up to Brion to kill his alternate self and step into his place to stop these attacks. But Brion discovers almost immediately that nothing is as it seems.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Wilder Publications, Inc.
• Release date: Jun 11, 2020
• ISBN: 9781515445777

Keith Laumer

John Keith Laumer (June 9, 1925 – January 23, 1993) was an American science fiction author. Prior to becoming a full-time writer, he was an officer in the United States Air Force and a diplomat in the United States Foreign Service. His older brother March Laumer was also a writer, known for his adult reinterpretations of the Land of Oz (also mentioned in Laumer's The Other Side of Time). Frank Laumer, their youngest brother, is a historian and writer.

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Worlds of the Imperium

by Keith Laumer

©2020 Positronic Publishing

Worlds of the Imperium is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, organizations, places, events and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, locales or institutions is entirely coincidental.

All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission except for brief quotations for review purposes only.

ISBN 13: 978-1-5154-4577-7

Table of Contents

The Walls

The Walls

Four walls do not a prison make, unless they look out upon a world that doesn’t exist any more.

Harry Trimble looked pleased when he stepped into the apartment. The lift door had hardly clacked shut behind him on the peering commuter faces in the car before he had slipped his arm behind Flora’s back, bumped his face against her cheek and chuckled, Well, what would you say to a little surprise? Something you’ve waited a long time for?

Flora looked up from the dial-a-ration panel. A surprise, Harry?

I know how you feel about the apartment, Flora. Well, from now on, you won’t be seeing so much of it—

Harry!

He winced at her clutch on his arm. Her face was pale under the day-glare strip. We’re not—moving to the country...?

Harry pried