
In a midnight New York subway, former football star Robert Blake and his elegant companion Helen Lawton are about to board a train when an otherworldly vibration shatters the ordinary. A deep, all‑encompassing bass rolls through the platform, followed by ribbons of luminous green flame that seize the three unsuspecting bystanders. As the strange net tightens, the world collapses into a kaleidoscope of shifting dimensions, whisking the trio away from the city they know.
They find themselves inside the hidden laboratory of the enigmatic scientist Zehru, a man whose experiments bridge realities and bend the rules of physics. Blake’s instinct to protect Helen collides with Zehru’s cryptic motives, setting up a tense partnership as they grapple with alien technology and the bewildering geometry of inter‑dimensional space. Listeners are drawn into a fast‑moving story where love, courage, and curiosity become the only tools against a universe that refuses to stay still.
Language
en
Duration
~51 minutes (49K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
Release date
Oct 14, 2008
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
Subjects
b. 1900
A lively pulp-era storyteller, this American writer filled early science fiction and fantasy magazines with strange planets, menace, and adventure. His work appeared across the great pulp venues of the 1930s and 1940s, and even inspired an early film story.
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