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An atomic war has annihilated the world and erased its records. The few survivors, left shocked and bereft of memory, cannot even remember what incited the destruction. Amid the charred ruins emerges a stronger and more ruthless individual. Fueled by ambition, this figure devises a scheme to rule the universe, sowing the seeds of the last great war that may finally and forever extinguish humanity from Earth.
First publish date: 1956
Genre: Science Fiction/Space Opera
Authors: A. E. van Vogt
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