Book Review: Lest Darkness Fall by L. Sprague de Camp

A look at the classic Science Fiction author's novel on preventing the fall of civilization.

What would you do if you were faced with a guarantee that your world was on the brink of a dark age? This is a question often found on the lips of modern Americans, but the horrors of fascism in the late ‘30s led many to ask themselves just how they would cope with the destruction of civilization. Lest Darkness Fall was an early work of alternate histor…