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A century of peace has cloaked the Solar Federation, but an unseen menace has begun to unravel its fragile harmony. DeHarries, a veteran correlator, summons an emergency council to confront a series of inexplicable failures—delayed shipments, vanished research, and a growing sense of dread that spreads from planet to planet. His urgent plea forces the delegates to set aside long‑standing rivalries and consider a common danger.
The council’s discussion quickly turns to concrete signs of trouble: Earth’s uranium supply from Mars has mysteriously stalled, Venus’s prized allotropic metal blueprints have been stolen, and the Callistan colonies are battling a surge of a new, destabilizing drug. Each incident seems unrelated, yet DeHarries insists they form a disturbing pattern that could threaten the entire system. As the delegates grapple with the evidence, the stakes become clear—if they cannot identify the source of the corruption, the Federation itself may crumble.
Language
en
Duration
~1 hours (105K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
Release date
2021-03-04
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1913–1977
A lively figure from the early science fiction scene, this writer is best remembered for collaborating with Ray Bradbury on Bradbury’s first professionally published story. His own work ranged from pulp-era adventures to later novels, with a knack for big ideas and classic magazine-style imagination.
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