E. Doc SmithContentsForewordChapter 1 RecalledChapter 2 Invasion Via TubeChapter 3 Lyrane The MatriarchyChapter 4 Kinnison Captures…Chapter 5 Illona Of LonabarChapter 6 Back To LyraneChapter 7 Wide-Open N-WayChapter 8 Cartiff The JewelerChapter 9 Cartiff The FenceChapter 10 Bleeko And The IcebergChapter 11 Alcon Of ThraleChapter 12 Helen Goes NorthChapter 13 In The CavernChapter 14 Nadreck At WorkChapter 15 KloviaChapter 16 Gannel Fights A DuelChapter 17 Into Nth SpaceChapter 18 Prime Minister FosstenChapter 19 Gannel, Tyrant Of ThraleChapter 20 Gannel Vs. FosstenChapter 21 The Battle Of KloviaChapter 22 The Taking Of ThraleChapter 23 AttainmentFOREWORDA couple of billion years ago, when the first and Second Galaxies were passing through each other and when myriads of planets were coming into being where only a handful had existed before, two races of beings were already ancient. Each had become independent of the chance formation of planets upon which to live. Each had won a large measure of power over its environment; the Arisians by force of mind alone, the Eddorians by employing both mind and mechanism.The Arisians were native to this, our normal space-time continuum.