''Dayworld Rebel'' is a 1987

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novel by American writer

Philip José Farmer Philip José Farmer (January 26, 1918 – February 25, 2009) was an American author known for his science fiction and fantasy novels and short stories. Obituary. Farmer is best known for his sequences of novels, especially the ''World of Tiers ...

, the second book in the

Dayworld ''Dayworld'' is a science fiction novel by American writer Philip José Farmer. Published in 1985, it is the first in the Dayworld (trilogy), Dayworld tetralogy of novels inspired by Farmer's own 1971 short story "The Sliced-Crosswise Only-On-T ...

Trilogy.

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In this sequel, Jeff Caird has created a new personality for himself submerging his previous personalities, including his primary personality. He now goes by the name William St.-George Duncan. He has no memory of his previous personalities. He successfully engineers a daring escape from his captors and manages to connect with a rebel organization of Daybreakers. Throughout the novel, he discovers the true nature of the ruling government and the rebel organization.

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