
Part 1
Yorkan Varr, a former officer of the Condelari Federation, finds himself thrust onto the prison‑planet Earth after being sentenced for a murder he swears he never committed. The journey ends with a stun‑beam strike, a cold, unmarked capsule, and a note that strips him of any connection to his former life. Now stranded in a strange, over‑populated world, he must navigate a society that treats exiles like waste.
Equipped only with a rough set of clothes, a fabricated identity, and a cryptic voice that seems to follow him, Varr wrestles with his own anger and the bewildering reality of life on Sol III. As he learns to survive among Earth's gritty streets, he also begins to piece together clues that might reveal the true killer. Listeners are drawn into a tense, gritty sci‑fi thriller where justice is elusive and every decision could mean freedom—or further ruin.
Language
en
Duration
~27 minutes (25K 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
2021-06-19
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

b. 1935
A major voice in modern science fiction, this prolific writer helped shape the genre with work that ranges from fast-paced early stories to thoughtful, award-winning novels and novellas. Readers often return to his fiction for its big ideas, psychological depth, and sense of wonder.
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