
Tedric
A brilliant ironmaster is abruptly drawn from a simple sleep into a world where gods whisper through the mind and ancient wars loom on the horizon. An otherworldly presence, Llosir, offers Tedrick a desperate pact: confront the blood‑thirsty deity Sarpedion, whose demands threaten the very fabric of humanity. As he grips his sword, the physicists of a hidden council wrestle with the prospect of altering time itself, fearing both catastrophe and stagnation. The stakes are laid bare—one misstep could erase centuries of progress, while inaction invites a future of annihilation.
Tedric must decide whether to trust a stranger god and embark on a swash‑buckling quest that mixes hard‑science speculation with high adventure. Alongside a skeptical assistant and a cadre of scholars, he confronts questions of destiny, sacrifice, and the limits of human ingenuity. Listeners are invited to experience the tension of a universe on the brink, where each choice reverberates across history.
Language
en
Duration
~44 minutes (42K 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 8, 2015
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1890–1965
A pioneer of big, high-energy science fiction, this American writer helped define the grand scale of space opera with the Skylark and Lensman stories. His tales of faster-than-light travel, vast interstellar conflict, and larger-than-life heroes shaped the genre for generations.
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