Transgalactic

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Three complete novels from a Golden Age master of science fiction in one volume Empire of the Atom The Wizard of Linn & Mission to the Stars Empire of the Atom & The Wizard of Linn Global war smashed civilization—or so the legends told—but not all of its machines A caste of “scientists” arose who knew how to repair & operate the ancient machines but not how they worked & worshipped at the altars of the atomic gods who were said to make the machines run Society was a strange mix of the modern & the medieval with armies riding on horseback into huge spaceships then flying to human colonies on other planets to wage war with swords & arrows Then came the mutant Clane who would have been put to death for his deformities had he not been born into the ruling family Though his body was twisted his mind was brilliant & he not only recovered the lost science behind the ancient machines but found the truth behind the legends of civilization’s downfall Alien invaders not human war had reduced humanity to barbarism as a prelude for a later return in force to colonize the Solar System & that return would happen soon unless Clane could find a way to stop it For the first time the entire Clane saga told in the two novels Empire of the Atom & The Wizard of Linn is complete in one volume Mission to the Stars Van Vogt’s sweeping novel of interstellar adventure is also included along with the two short novels in the “ Ezwal” series chronicling the struggle of one man to convince a feral but intelligent species to join with humanity in the battle against a mutual enemy—but first he must convince the lone Ezwal who is trapped with him in a deadly jungle to co-operate or neither will survive About AE Van Vogt "A E Van Vogt&s early stories broke like claps of thunder through the science fiction field”— Jack Williamson "I can still recall the impact of his early stories”— Arthur C Clarke " Nobody came close to matching van Vogt for headlong breakneck pacing”— Gardner Dozois