Adrift in the Unknown; or Queer Adventures in a Queer Realm

By William Wallace Cook · Running time 05:03:11 · Action & Adventure Fiction, Fantastic Fiction, Humorous Fiction

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A delightful, imaginative, and sometimes silly adventure in early science fiction. Join a noble scientist and some of his less noble associates as they take flight in a newly constructed, seemingly magical spaceship. After they land on the planet Mercury, they are caught in the crossfire in a war between futuristic Mercurean city-states which wield high-tech weaponry. As they fight for their own survivial and that of their fellow humans, each man is challenged to confront his own moral failings. Set aside your 21st-century knowledge of physics and settle in for a lighthearted, somewhat predict

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