The Torch is a science fiction novel by author Jack Bechdolt.

It was first published in book form in 1948 by Prime Press in an edition of 3,000 copies.

It has recently been reprinted by Steeger Books in their "Argosy Library" series in 2019 The novel is set in the year 3010, in the ruins of New York after a comet has devastated the Earth.

Fortune is the captain of the army of the Towermen, those who live in the remaining skyscrapers and rule the city with an iron hand.

There, Fortune learns of a prophecy that states that the people will be free when the torch burns in the hands of the statue.