A dreadful hunt in the galactic wastes -- and the prey is man ...

The Centaur expedition to the far stars had vanished -- no trace, no clue. But, back on Earth, one Centaur Project worker, under an overdose of time-space gas, had strange dreams -- dreams of a monstrous race of beings that spread their nets across galactic wastes. It was too terrible to believe -- but then one weak signal came through from space... 'THE NETS -- THE NETS.'