Against the Fall of Night is an early (1953) work by Arthur C. Clarke. It was later expanded and revised as The City and the Stars. The original also appeared in a more recent edition along with another unconnected early work: The Lion of Comarre & Against the Fall of Night. A sequel was written Beyond the Fall of Night in collaboration with Gregory Benford...."Alvin, the only child for many centuries born in what is believed to be the only city left on Earth, leads a renaissance. Man is reclaiming the Earth, but evil has also returned..."