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A lone Earth student, Phil Rhodes, finds himself imprisoned in a cramped, coffin‑shaped cell on an alien world. The Kedaki captors subject him to relentless psychological torment—cold that gnaws at his bones, scorching blasts of air, and a constant barrage of cryptic questions that erode his sanity. As Rhodes endures the ever‑shifting extremes, he clings to the thin thread of reason, daring himself to stay alive while the alien experiment pushes his mind to the brink.
Outside the cell, the sterile corridors echo with the footsteps of indifferent guards, each interaction a further test of Rhodes’s will. He learns that the true purpose of his captivity isn’t death but something far more unsettling: a quest for knowledge that could decide the fate of an entire world. Listeners are drawn into Rhodes’s desperate struggle to retain his humanity amid an alien maze of fear and manipulation.
Language
en
Duration
~2 hours (118K 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
2021-11-26
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1928–2008
Best known for the globe-trotting private eye Chester Drum, this prolific American novelist also ranged far beyond crime fiction. He wrote science fiction, suspense, and vivid fictional lives of historical figures, building a career that stretched across several decades.
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