
Moran finds himself cast out onto a bleak, cloud‑shrouded world after a desperate clash aboard the space‑yacht Nadine. The planet’s lone ice cap hints that breathable air and tolerable temperatures exist, yet the endless, roiling clouds conceal untold dangers. From his control‑room, he watches the alien horizon roll in, aware that any rescue is unlikely and that every step could awaken the horrors that already stalked him.
The remaining crew of the Nadine—stoic, efficient, and oddly unbothered by his rebellion—monitor the approach with a mix of professionalism and thin optimism. An eerie, wavering signal crackles through the ship’s speakers, a synthetic sound that defies natural explanation and raises more questions than answers. As Moran wrestles with his own survival instincts, the thin line between ally and adversary blurs, and the planet’s silent menace begins to whisper its own agenda.
Language
en
Duration
~1 hours (108K 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
2013-06-27
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
Subjects

1896–1975
A prolific pioneer of science fiction, he helped shape the genre with fast-moving stories full of big ideas, practical ingenuity, and a sense that ordinary people could outthink extraordinary problems.
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