
In a far‑future Earth encased in a mile‑thick sheet of ice, humanity clings to frozen megacities while a shadowy menace known only as “The Bear” stalks the streets. Johnny Steel, a hard‑boiled detective with a reputation for reckless bravery, is drawn into a desperate chase after a gang of thieves who have raided a radium bank. The pursuit leads him to an abandoned tower where he confronts his old friend Floyd, now a feared member of the criminal underworld.
The tension crackles as Steel tries to reason with Floyd, hoping to learn the identity of the elusive Bear before more lives are lost. With every flicker of a flashlight and the echo of a gunshot, the story captures a bleak yet gripping world where loyalty, betrayal, and survival collide beneath the endless cold. Listeners are thrust into a suspenseful, noir‑tinged hunt that sets the stage for a larger battle over the fate of a frozen planet.
Language
en
Duration
~1 hours (90K 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
2021-01-21
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
A fast-moving pulp science fiction writer, he burst onto magazine pages around 1940 with energetic space operas full of danger, robots, and far-off worlds. Several of those stories still circulate today through Project Gutenberg, giving modern readers an easy way to sample his work.
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