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Mike Ross accepts an unusual commission from the enigmatic Sara Foster to lead a quest for the reclusive Lawrence Knight and his telepathic robot Roscoe. With only the blind, voice‑driven assistant George Smith—who also has an odd mentor named Friar Tuck—Mike’s team lands on an unidentified planet. The planet's strange homing beam captures their vessel, sealing them inside and launching them through a space/time anomaly into a harsh desert that offers no obvious escape.
First publish date: 1971
Genre: Science Fiction/Space Opera
Authors: Clifford D. Simak
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