THE EARTH HAD JUST SUFFERED AN ATOMIC HOLOCAUST

Now it had reverted back to a strange kind of barbarism where men could build space ships but could not communicate except by the most primitive of means - smoke signals.

So it came as a sickening shock for Lord Clane Linn, ruler of Earth, to learn, when he captured an alien invader's ship, that messages were being sent from Earth to the invader's homeland far across the galaxy.

For Lord Clane Linn it meant fighting the invading Riss forces at a technological advantage without the help of his fellow Earthmen...

VAN VOGT'S STUNNING SEQUEL TO 'EMPIRE OF THE ATOM'