Look to the Stars

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Look to the Stars

by Willard E. Hawkins

EN·~2 hours

Chapters

Description

A sweeping myth unfolds at the start, telling of ancient deities who shaped a planet called N’urth—splitting its single moon in two, gifting it with dual celestial companions, and birthing the enigmatic goddess Noor‑Ah‑Mah. The legends of Maha‑Ra‑Lin, Bar‑Doo‑Chan, and the wise mother Pi‑Ruh‑Al hint at a world where divine conflict has left lasting scars on the very sky, setting a tone of wonder and ancient mystery.

In the present, Dave Marlin battles a relentless downpour along a forgotten mountain road, his wagon trail swallowed by mud and tangled vegetation. Driven by a distant, flickering light, he stumbles upon a battered open‑top roadster and a grizzled mechanic muttering over a sputtering engine. Their uneasy encounter promises a strange convergence of the old myths with a gritty, contemporary quest—suggesting that the ancient forces may yet echo in the storm‑soaked wilderness.

Details

Language

en

Duration

~2 hours (170K 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

2021-04-13

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Willard E. Hawkins

Willard E. Hawkins

1887–1970

A prolific pulp-era science fiction writer, he helped fill the magazines of the 1930s and 1940s with brisk adventures, strange inventions, and far-future ideas. His work appeared during a formative period for American SF, when the genre was finding its voice in popular magazines.

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