To Save Earth

audiobook

To Save Earth

by Edward W. Ludwig

EN·~1 hours·1 chapter

Chapters

1 total
1

1:01:57

Description

A solitary silver rocket has been drifting through the void for more than six years, carrying the last remnants of humanity on a desperate quest for a new home. Inside, five crew members move like hollow shells, their minds frayed by isolation, while the sixth has succumbed to madness. The ship’s cramped corridors echo with stale routine, and the weight of the world’s survival rests on the fragile consciousness of its travelers.

When the ship’s sensors finally lock onto a blue‑green world orbiting Sirius, a surge of hope crashes through the crew’s lingering fog. Captain Torkel and Lieutenant Washington grapple with the terror of another unknown—could the planet be a lifeline or a lethal trap? Their debate reveals the thin line between optimism and despair, as the prospect of a twelve‑year round trip looms over them.

The story follows their tense deliberations and the psychological strain of a mission that may decide the fate of the entire species, inviting listeners to ponder what it means to cling to humanity when sanity itself is slipping away.

Details

Language

en

Duration

~1 hours (59K 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

2016-09-16

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

EW

Edward W. Ludwig

1920–1990

A mid-century writer and editor with one foot in science fiction and the other in history, he published inventive magazine stories and later gathered some of them in a collection of fantastic tales. His work has the feel of classic pulp-era speculation, but with an editor’s eye for shape and pacing.

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