Beyond The Thunder

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Beyond The Thunder

by H. B. Hickey

EN·~58 minutes

Chapters

Description

In a near‑future where sky‑ports and personal speedercraft are as common as cars, Case Damon has just taken his place among the elite rocket‑jockeys of San Francisco. Fresh from a whirlwind wedding, he spends his evenings dreaming of quiet domestic life with his new wife, Karin, while the world watches a distant, unsettling telecast. The serenity is shattered when a sudden, devastating blast erases New York from the map, and a frantic call from the government pulls Case back into the high‑stakes world he tried to leave behind.

Now thrust into a Supreme Emergency Mobilization, Case must decide whether to protect his beloved and their modest plans or answer a summons that promises to unveil a mystery far larger than any personal ambition. The story balances his love‑filled optimism with the stark reality of a planet on the brink of an unknown catastrophe. Listeners are invited to follow his race against time as old loyalties clash with new responsibilities, setting the stage for a suspenseful plunge into the unknown.

Details

Language

en

Duration

~58 minutes (55K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net

Release date

2010-06-17

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

HB

H. B. Hickey

1916–1987

A prolific pulp-era storyteller, this Chicago-born writer published more than 80 stories across science fiction, mystery, western, and detective magazines. Writing as H. B. Hickey, he is especially remembered for short fiction such as Hilda and Gone Are the Lupo.

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