
In the wake of an impossible alien invasion, a man—once an ordinary citizen—has become the world’s most reviled traitor. Captured in the ruins of Belgrade, he openly offers the very secrets that allowed the extraterrestrials to cripple humanity, while a mysterious neural plague spreads like fire across the continent. As cities fall into chaotic distress, the uneasy calm of his interrogation hints at a deeper, unsettling intelligence behind his betrayal.
Now standing before an international tribunal, he proposes to answer any question, while the world outside erupts in inexplicable, maddening convulsions. The trial unfolds as a surreal clash between legal procedure and the grotesque reality of a planet on the brink, forcing listeners to confront the fragile limits of human will and the strange moral calculus of survival. The story balances chilling horror with dark philosophical inquiry, inviting you to witness the precarious edge where humanity’s greatest fears become its most haunting truths.
Language
en
Duration
~10 minutes (10K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Robert Cicconetti, Tamise Totterdell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
Release date
2007-05-23
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
Subjects
A little-known science fiction writer from the early 1960s, remembered for sharp, idea-driven stories like The Mightiest Man and Bad Memory. His work turns up through classic pulp magazines and later reprints, giving modern listeners a glimpse of mid-century speculative fiction.
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