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After his trek from Terra, Conn Maxwell returns to his home world of Poictesme, a planet ruined and reclaimed by stray military wreckage, earning its nickname "Junkyard Planet." The story follows Conn as he claims to have identified the site of Merlin, a legendary military super‑computer believed to have been abandoned after the last war. Faced with the mystery of whether Merlin truly exists and the catastrophic potential of its power, Conn must decide whether to use this knowledge to protect Poictesme or whether it will instead bring ruin to the fragile world he loves.
First publish date: 1631
Genre: Science Fiction/Hard Science Fiction
Authors: H. Beam Piper
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