
Gefty Rammer, owner of Rammer Spacelines, is hired for a seemingly routine charter aboard the sleek cruiser Silver Queen. The client, a pale‑faced Mr. Maulbow, proves to be far more unsettling than any ordinary passenger, and the ship is suddenly jolted into an unfamiliar, pitch‑black medium that defies normal navigation.
As the Queen steadies, Gefty and Kerim Ruse, the young secretary, scramble to understand the strange vacuum outside the hull—flashes of color, a distant, blinding flash that races toward them, and a compass that spins wildly. With the ship intact but adrift in an unknown realm, they must keep their lone, unconscious passenger alive while seeking a way back to norm‑space, all before the mysterious forces surrounding them grow any more hostile.
Language
en
Duration
~1 hours (69K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net
Release date
2008-01-21
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1911–1981
Known for fast, clever science fiction and unusually capable heroines, this mid-20th-century writer built a loyal following with stories that still feel lively and smart. His work ranges from sharp short fiction to popular adventures in the Hub and Telzey Amberdon series.
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