One Against the Stars

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One Against the Stars

by Bill Garson

EN·~49 minutes·1 chapter

Chapters

1 total

49:13

Description

The opening shows Earth on the brink, a plague devastating humanity. Engineers have poured everything into a gleaming starship, the last chance to bring back a cure hidden on Venus. Pilot John Bairn and his crew brace for the launch, aware that the fate of billions rests on a fragile flight.

Among the crew’s ranks is a mysterious thirteenth passenger, a stowaway who claims an ancient prophecy foretelling humanity’s destiny among the stars. As the rockets roar and the vessel pierces the atmosphere, tension builds between duty and belief, with each character confronting fear, sacrifice, and the enormity of space. Listeners are drawn into a tense, hopeful journey where humanity’s survival hinges on science, courage, and an unexpected hope carried across the void.

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Language

en

Duration

~49 minutes (47K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net

Release date

Aug 24, 2020

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

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Bill Garson

1917–2000

A mid-century pulp storyteller with a taste for big ideas, he wrote science fiction under the name Vaseleos Garson and later worked as an editor and local historian. His career moved from magazine adventures to books and community writing, giving his work a broad, old-school range.

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