War-Gods of the Void

audiobook

War-Gods of the Void

by Henry Kuttner

EN·~1 hours·3 chapters

Chapters

3 total
1

Part 1

31:36
2

Part 2

31:43
3

Part 3

12:06

Description

An Earth State Investigator is dispatched to the hostile swamps of Venus, a world where settlements cling to a poisonous jungle and a mysterious fever drives wanderers into madness. Armed with only a cryptic microfilm and a thin thread of information, he pursues a legendary political refugee—once a diplomat, now a dangerous insurgent whose secret treaty could ignite a rebellion on the outer colonies. The planet’s harsh climate, relentless storms, and the enigmatic “North‑Fever” create a claustrophobic backdrop that tests his resolve at every turn.

As the investigator delves deeper, he discovers that the fugitive has hidden in plain sight, masquerading under a false identity among the planet’s herb‑growing outposts. The thin line between hunter and hunted blurs amid the alien flora, the ever‑present threat of the swamp’s unseen war‑gods, and the looming dread of an unseen virus. Listeners will be drawn into a tense chase where every step could be the last, and the true nature of the danger remains tantalizingly out of reach.

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Language

en

Duration

~1 hours (72K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Distributed Proofreaders Canada Team at http://www.pgdpcanada.net

Release date

2020-04-29

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Henry Kuttner

Henry Kuttner

1915–1958

A gifted pulp-era storyteller, he helped shape modern science fiction, fantasy, and horror through fast-moving, imaginative tales. Many of his best-known works were written with C. L. Moore, and their shared byline Lewis Padgett became famous with genre readers.

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