
In a wind‑blown desert of endless dunes, a lone hunter named Yorgh battles the elements while riding his massive six‑legged beast, the wolly. When a sudden sandstorm drives him into a treacherous gully, he uncovers a mysterious, smooth‑sided wagon‑like relic—its strange metal cylinder humming with an eerie blue‑green light. Instinctively wary, Yorgh wrestles with the temptation to claim the artifact, even as the desert seems to whisper of ancient powers and curses.
The story follows Yorgh’s desperate scramble to outrun the encroaching sands and his frantic attempts to return the unsettling object to its burial place. Along the way, the harsh landscape and his own superstitions clash, hinting at forgotten technologies of a vanished civilization. Listeners are drawn into a tense, atmospheric adventure that balances raw survival with the allure of long‑lost mysteries, leaving them eager to discover what lies beyond the shifting dunes.
Language
en
Duration
~1 hours (76K 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
2020-12-15
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1918–1997
A prolific American science-fiction writer, he built a long magazine career on brisk, idea-driven stories that appeared throughout the pulp and digest era. His work mixes adventure, humor, and classic mid-century genre imagination.
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