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In the third installment of the Skylark series, the vast spaceship Skylark drifts through the cosmos. On a routine expedition, its crew, led by scientist Richard Seaton, discovers a strange, four‑dimensional domain. Here, the very fabric of time is deeply distorted, and matter behaves in defiance of ordinary laws. The crew must grapple with disembodied intelligences that exist beyond conventional dimensions, confronting challenges that test their scientific knowledge and mental resilience.
First publish date: 1949
Genre: Science Fiction/Space Opera
Authors: Edward Elmer Smith
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