The Falling Torch Author:Algis Budrys Pyramid Books No. N2776; 4th printing Aug 1972; original copyright 1959. From the back cover: "Their Mission was Simple -- and Suicidal. The spaceship dropped them into the night. Their objective: to destroy the mighty empire that held Earth a slave planet. One was an anonymous agewnt from Earth's Underground -- the other was the son of th... more »e last President of Free Earth, Michael Wireman. Together they had to weld the underground guerrilla fighters into a force capable of beating the most powerful army in the Galaxy. Danger and almost certain death awaited them on Earth's nightside. But there was one weapon that would vanquish the Occupiers of Earth, and Michael Wireman had it within him. The only trouble was that he didn't know it. . . ."« less