
A mysterious, sentient plant that creates its own weather thrives on Venus, and Earth’s desperate shortage of food drives a daring mission to bring it home. Radar‑mutant Bat Kendo is chosen to pilot the R.S. Eagle on the hazardous journey, his unique abilities the only hope for capturing the living “weather‑plant” and returning it to a starving continent.
The story is told by an aging spaceman who watched the transformation of barren deserts into fertile fields, yet remains haunted by the hidden cost of that miracle. As he recounts the early days of deep‑space travel, the breakthrough metal impervium, and the frantic scramble to feed a booming population, listeners glimpse a world on the brink—where bravery, sacrifice, and a strange alien organism could reshape humanity’s future.
Language
en
Duration
~34 minutes (32K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
Release date
2021-01-09
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1921–2004
A prolific American science fiction and thriller writer, he moved easily from pulp-era space adventures to Cold War suspense. His stories appeared in major genre magazines, and his novels ranged from hard-driving future war tales to bestselling mainstream thrillers.
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