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Carter Horton, the last survivor of his crew, arrives on a strange planet after a thousand‑year voyage from Earth. There he meets an alien named Carnivore who claims to have studied Shakespeare; a broken star‑tunnel that offers one‑way travel to the planet; a dragon preserved in aspic; and a peculiar curved hill—each presenting a unique, unsettling twist. Yet the planet's most ominous threat lurks beneath the surface: a terrifying force that periodically freezes all minds, threatening the fragile balance of this alien world.
First publish date: 1970
Genre: Science Fiction/Space Opera
Authors: Clifford D. Simak
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