
Part 1
A lone inspector arrives on Ganymede’s most infamous plague‑riddled metropolis, Profaldo, where opalescent spires loom over a fog‑choked slum of gambling dens and squalid taverns. The city’s streets are a patchwork of sickly green‑tinged faces and shuffling shadows, each corner humming with the low drone of failing machinery. As he navigates the labyrinthine alleys, the inspector carries a bundle of clandestine tools, ready to confront the desperate bureaucracy that keeps the dying city alive.
Inside the grimy Power Division, he meets a grotesque commissioner—a pig‑eyed, albino‑haired official who trades in the city’s dwindling energy. Their terse exchange hints at a hidden cache of power and a dangerous bargain that could change the fate of Profaldo’s inhabitants. With every step, the inspector feels the weight of the Council’s mandate and the tantalizing promise of a treasure beyond price, all while the city’s lethal plague looms ever closer.
Language
en
Duration
~29 minutes (28K 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
2020-11-18
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1908–1997
A master of eerie pulp fiction, this Minneapolis-born writer filled magazines like Weird Tales with stories of horror, fantasy, science fiction, and crime. His work helped shape the strange, uncanny mood that readers still love in classic genre fiction.
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