Sphere of the Never-Dead

Bob Winslow should be celebrating a breakthrough—his work on the newly discovered Decka light stream has just earned him a promotion—when a violent storm forces him and his carefree roommate Jim Kenley into a terrifying encounter. As lightning splits the night, an unseen force hurls them from their car, plunging Bob into a frozen instant that ends with a glimpse of alien figures and a strange, gleaming craft.

Bob awakens in a surreal, translucent-walled chamber that feels more like a high‑tech infirmary than a hospital. The room hums with silent machines, and Jim, equally disoriented, stumbles in beside him, both plagued by strange pains and a lingering sense of dread. As the mysterious apparatus whirs to life, a lone figure materializes, hinting at an otherworldly purpose behind their abrupt removal from Earth.

The opening sets a tense, atmospheric tone, blending hard‑science intrigue with an uncanny alien presence, and leaves listeners wondering what the “Three Brains of Taval” demand and how Bob and Jim will confront a fate that seems to stretch far beyond ordinary science.